vengeance

英 [ˈvendʒəns]

美 [ˈvendʒəns]

n.  报复; 报仇; 复仇

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习惯用语

n.

with a vengeance
• 程度更深地；出乎意料地
  to a greater degree than is expected or usual
• She set to work with a vengeance.
  她加倍努力地工作起来。

牛津词典

noun

• 报复；报仇；复仇
  the act of punishing or harming sb in return for what they have done to you, your family or friends
  1. a desire for vengeance
     复仇心
  2. to take vengeance on sb
     对某人进行报复
  3. He swore vengeance on his child's killer.
     他发誓要找杀害他孩子的凶手报仇。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 复仇;报复;报仇
  Vengeanceis the act of killing, injuring, or harming someone because they have harmed you.
  1. He swore vengeance on everyone involved in the murder...
     他发誓要报复每一个参与了这起谋杀的人。
  2. She cried aloud to the gods for vengeance for the loss of her daughter.
     她大声向神灵起誓，要为死去的女儿报仇。
• PHRASE 过度地;猛烈地;激烈地
  If you say that something happenswith a vengeance, you are emphasizing that it happens to a much greater extent than was expected.
  1. It began to rain again with a vengeance...
     又开始下起了大雨。
  2. Once Gretchen had left the office, her doubts would return with a vengeance.
     格蕾琴只要一离开办公室，她又会疑窦丛生。

双语例句

• You're taking a vengeance for a man that abandoned you just the same!
  你同样在为一个遗弃了你的男人在复仇！
• He swore vengeance on everyone involved in the murder
  他发誓要报复每一个参与了这起谋杀的人。
• I bide my time and the hour of vengeance is nigh.
  我在等待时机，报仇的时刻就要到了。
• He threatened to wreak vengeance on the men who toppled him a year ago.
  他威胁要对一年前扳倒他的人进行报复。
• Last night the girls came back with a vengeance.
  昨晚姑娘们回来复仇了。
• And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
  我也必在怒气，和忿怒中向那不听从的列国施报。
• The LORD God Jehovah will guide my hand in vengeance.
  上帝耶和华会指引我复仇的。
• She is presumed dead, slain during her pursuit of vengeance.
  人们认为她死了，死在了追寻复仇的道路上。
• He vowed to wreak vengeance on his unfaithful, thieving wife.
  他发誓要报复对自己不忠、爱偷东西的妻子。
• He swore vengeance against the man who murdered his father.
  他立誓要向杀害他父亲的人报仇。