vengeance

来自古法语vengier,复仇，报仇，词源同vindication,vendetta.

vengeance

vengeance: see vindicate

vengeance (n.)

c. 1300, from Anglo-French vengeaunce, Old French vengeance, venjance "revenge, retribution" (12c.), from vengier "take revenge," from Latin vindicare "assert a claim, claim as one's own; avenge, punish" (see vindicate).

Vengeance is mine, ... saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. [Paul to the Romans, xii:19-20]

1. 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。

2. Not all acts of vengeance are of equal gravity.

并非所有的报复行为都同等恶劣。

3. It began to rain again with a vengeance.

又开始下起了大雨。

4. a desire for vengeance

复仇心

5. She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin.

她决心要向杀害表妹的凶手报仇.