Vengeance
['ven(d)ʒ(ə)ns] or ['vɛndʒəns]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) 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'.
校對:杜鲁门--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge.
(n.) Harm; mischief.
編輯:卡蒂
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Avengement, retribution.[2]. Revenge, retaliation.
迦勒編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Retribution, retaliation, revenge
ANT:Forgiveness, pardon, {[condoation]?}, amnesty, grace, remission, absolution,oblivion, indulgence, reprieve
杰罗姆錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Other vengeance than mine had followed that fated man from the theatre to his own door--from his own door to his refuge in Paris. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But how puny and harmless they now looked beside this huge and terrific incarnation of hate, of vengeance and of death. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Wreak your vengeance to the utmost, was my message to the green allies, for by night there will be none left to avenge your wrongs. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- It is not violence that best overcomes hate--nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Their time is the day of vengeance; their signal, the word of the Lord of hosts, thundering with the voice of His excellency. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The Vengeance and Jacques Three vied with each other in their fervent protestations that she was the most admirable and marvellous of witnesses. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- And I call on you, spirits of the dead; and on you, wandering ministers of vengeance, to aid and conduct me in my work. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The Vengeance stooped, and the jar of a drum was heard as she moved it at her feet behind the counter. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I am indeed bound to vengeance, murmured Cedric; Saint Withold knows my heart. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The sisters in the convent used to tell me of a day of judgment, when everything is coming to light;--won't there be vengeance, then! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Follow me to the throne; we will reap vengeance where vengeance is deserved. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Louder yet, Vengeance, with a little oath or so added, and yet it will hardly bring her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Kala punished, Tublat swore dire vengeance, and old Kerchak took notice and warned and threatened; but all to no avail. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
埃尔希編輯