| 单词 | vengeance |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['vendʒəns] |
| 解释 | n.报仇，报复 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.报仇，报复(punish ment inflicted in retaliation; retribution) 【记】 venge(报复)+ance→ 报复 【同】 同根词：vengeful(报 仇心切的)；revenge( 报复) |
| 字源 | 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] |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】venge 报复 【相关】avenge 报仇 |
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