| 词汇 | vengefulness |
| 释义 | vengefulness noun[ U ] uk /ˈvendʒ.fəl.nəs/ us /ˈvendʒ.fəl.nəs/ the quality of being vengeful (= expressing a strong wish to punish someone who has harmed you): 报复心;复仇的意图 He said he felt no bitterness or vengefulness toward his brother's attackers. 他说，他对袭击他兄弟的人没有怨恨或报复之心。 He did not lash out in anger and vengefulness.他没有因愤怒和报复心而发难。 See vengeful Their minds were clouded by fear, anger, or vengefulness. The film addresses one of the director's favourite themes: obsessive vengefulness. He blamed his downfall on the vengefulness of journalists. Revenge and vengefulness avenge avenger bite bite back (at someone/something) counter-retaliation eye fix karma medicine pay pay someone/something back reprisal retaliate retaliation strike strike back that will show someoneidiom tit for tat two can play at that gameidiom vengeance Examples of vengefulnessvengefulness The inference will depend upon the assumption that forgiveness is in some sense contrary to hatred, anger and vengefulness. It is essential that this action is not thought to be taken in a spirit of vengefulness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also want to tell them how their dignity in adversity and lack of personal vengefulness merit our deepest admiration. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The exaggerated use of rests is exemplified perfectly here, in measures 38-42, amidst her rage and vengefulness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The book's core theme is the destructive effect that jealousy and vengefulness have, both on the jealous or vengeful individuals and on their communities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Conversely, neuroticism was positively correlated with avoidance and vengefulness, but negatively correlated with benevolence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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