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Vengeful Feelings Person Revenge Describe 英 Vendʒfl] 美 Vendʒfl

英语单词 vengeful
英美音标 英 ['vendʒfl] 美 ['vendʒfl]
中文释义 adj.复仇心重的;报复的
英语例句 (1) The whole episode made me vengeful.
(2) It looked at you with a vengeful aspect.
(3) Meanwhile, the new government should avoid seeming vengeful.
中文例句 (1) 整个事件使我一心想复仇。
(2) 它用一种报仇雪恨的神情望着你。
(3) 同时,新政府应避免表现出复仇的迹象。
vocabulary简明 Hope that there's no one out there who has vengeful feelings toward you, or wants to get back at you for something that you've done to them. A vengeful person is out for revenge.
vocabulary扩展 You might have noticed that the words vengeful and revenge look somewhat similar. That's because their meanings are. The word vengeful is used to describe the feelings of revenge someone has toward another person or group who has done them wrong in the past. Think about Hamlet or Ben-Hur — those dudes were certainly vengeful.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有复仇心理的;图谋报复的;想报仇的 If you describe someone as vengeful, you are critical of them because they feel a great desire for revenge.
  [disapproval]
  • He was stabbed to death by his vengeful wife...

    他被图谋报复的妻子拿刀捅死了。

  • He did not think he was any more cruel, any more vengeful than other men.

    他认为自己并不比其他人更冷酷,也不比别人更爱报复。

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