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vengeance

英['ven(d)ʒ(ə)ns] 美['vɛndʒəns]
  • n. 复仇;报复;报仇

英英释意


1. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life;
"Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
"For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield
"he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"
"the swiftness of divine retribution"