vendetta

英 [ven'det?] 美[v?n'd?t?]
  • n. (尤指族間或血親間的)仇殺;深仇
  • n. (Vendetta)人名;(意)文代塔

GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?vendettas;

中文詞源


vendetta 積怨

來自意大利語vendetta,仇怨,血仇,來自拉丁語vindicta,報仇,復(fù)仇,字母c脫落,詞源同vindictive,vengeful.

英文詞源


vendetta
vendetta: see vindicate
vendetta (n.)
"a private war in which a kinsman wreaks vengeance on the slayer of a relative," 1846, from Italian vendetta "a feud, blood feud," from Latin vindicta "vengeance, revenge" (see vindictive). Especially associated with Corsica.

雙語例句


1. His murder was a vendetta killing.
他的被害是一起仇殺。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He has accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against him.
他指責(zé)媒體長期跟他過不去。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. For years he pursued a vendetta against the Morris family.
多年來他一直在尋求向莫里斯家族報世仇.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The vice president said the cartoonist has a personal vendetta against him.
副總裁說那個漫畫家和他有私怨。

來自辭典例句

5. Since then Reed has been waging a vendetta against Baker and Young.
從那以后里德就一直伺機報復(fù)貝克和楊.

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