vengeance

名词 vengeance:

1. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
   同义词：retribution, payback

1. Hot love, hasty vengeance.
   爱情过热难持久。
2. Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.
   天网恢恢疏而不漏。
3. He cried to heaven for vengeance.
   他哭求老天为他雪耻。
4. He took vengeance on the murderer.
   他向谋杀者报了仇。

ven.geance

n.（名词）
Infliction of punishment in return for a wrong committed; retribution:
报复；复仇：为了报复所受的冤屈而施加惩罚；报应：
例句：
.Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time. An aromatic wine it seemed.(Charlotte Brontô)
.我第一次尝到报复的滋味。它似乎是一种芳香的醇酒.(夏洛特·勃朗特)

<习惯用语>with a vengeance
With great violence or force.
猛烈的；激烈的：带有极大的暴力或力量的
To an extreme degree:
极度地：
例句：
December has turned cold with a vengeance.
十二月已经是透骨寒冷了

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from vengier [to avenge]
源自 vengier [报复]
from Latin vindic3re * see vindicate
源自 拉丁语 vindic3re *参见 vindicate