词汇 | vengeful |
释义 | vengefulWord family adverbvengefullyadjectivevengefulnounvengefulness venge·ful /ˈvendʒfəl/ adjectiveadj literary REVENGEvery eager to punish someone who has done something bad 有复仇心理的;图谋报复的,复仇的 OPP forgiving a vengeful god 复仇之神 Examples from the Corpus vengeful• What had he done to make Juliet so vengeful and bitter?• a vengeful God• He stumbled with vengeful intent through wide, open-topped courtyards and along covered, low-ceilinged walkways.• Starbuck and Ahab almost communicate with each other as the first mate pleads with Ahab to repudiate this vengeful mission.• The survivors scrambled back to the sepoy lines pursued by a vengeful squadron of Sikh cavalry.• Personally they are petty, self-indulgent and vengeful to a degree that suggests galloping megalomania. (1500-1600) venge “vengeance” ((16-17 centuries)), from venge “to avenge” ((13-20 centuries)), from Old French venger; → VENGEANCE |
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