剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - vengeance collapse

vengeance
/'ven.dʒənts/
noun [U]
* the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family, or the wish for such punishment to happen
报仇，复仇，报复；复仇心

1. On the day after the terrorist attack, the overall mood in the town was one of vengeance.
在恐怖袭击发生后的第二天，镇上人们普遍的情绪就是要复仇。

2. As he cradled his daughter's lifeless body in his arms, he swore (to take) vengeance on her killers.
他紧抱着女儿的尸体，发誓要找杀害她的凶手报仇。

/'ven.dʒənts/
noun [U]
with a vengeance
* with great force or extreme energy
猛烈地；极度地

1. He's been working with a vengeance over the past few weeks to make up for lost time.
几周以来他玩儿命工作以弥补失去的时间。

2. Flared trousers are back with a vengeance (= very popular again) this summer.
喇叭裤今年夏天又铺天盖地再度流行起来。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - vengeance collapse

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1.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词复仇;报复;报仇 Vengeance is the act of killing, injuring, or harming someone because they have harmed you.

  • He swore vengeance on everyone involved in the murder...

    他发誓要报复每一个参与了这起谋杀的人。

  • She cried aloud to the gods for vengeance for the loss of her daughter.

    她大声向神灵起誓，要为死去的女儿报仇。

2.PHRASE 短语过度地;猛烈地;激烈地 If you say that something happens with a vengeance, you are emphasizing that it happens to a much greater extent than was expected.

【搭配模式】：PHR after v

【语用信息】：emphasis

  • It began to rain again with a vengeance...

    又开始下起了大雨。

  • Once Gretchen had left the office, her doubts would return with a vengeance.

    格蕾琴只要一离开办公室，她又会疑窦丛生。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - vengeance collapse

vengeance
ven·geance / 5vendVEns / noun [U]
   ~ (on / upon sb) (formal) the act of punishing or harming sb in return for what they have done to you, your family or friends
   报复；报仇；复仇
   SYN  revenge :
   a desire for vengeance
   复仇心
   to take vengeance on sb
   对某人进行报复
   He swore vengeance on his child's killer.
   他发誓要找杀害他儿子的凶手报仇。
 IDIOMS 
▪ with a 'vengeance    (informal) to a greater degree than is expected or usual
   程度更深地；出乎意料地:
   She set to work with a vengeance.
   她加倍努力地工作起来。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - vengeance collapse

vengeance noun

• ADJECTIVE terrible

• VERB + VENGEANCE exact, take, wreak She is determined to wreak ~ on those who killed her cousin. | be bent on, demand, seek, want He stormed out, eyes blazing, bent on ~. | swear, vow

• PREPOSITION ~ against He sought ~ against those who had humiliated his country. | ~ for ~ for the murder of the princess | ~ on, ~ upon He silently vowed ~ on them all.

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - vengeance collapse

vengeance
 see with a vengeance.

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - vengeance collapse

vengeance noun
⇨ revenge

新牛津英语同义词词典 - vengeance collapse

vengeance

noun
he demanded vengeance for the murder of his father
REVENGE , avengement, retribution, retributive justice, retaliation, requital, reprisal; counterstroke, comeback, nemesis, satisfaction, an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth), tit for tat, measure for measure, blow for blow; punishment, just deserts; Latin quid pro quo, lex talionis; informal comeuppance, a taste of one's own medicine; rare ultion, a Roland for an Oliver.
with a vengeance she set to work with a vengeance
VIGOROUSLY , strenuously, energetically, with a will, with might and main, with all the stops out, for all one is worth, to the utmost, to the greatest extreme, to the full, to the limit, all out, flat out, at full tilt; powerfully, strongly, forcefully, violently, vehemently, furiously, wildly, madly; informal hammer and tongs, like crazy, like mad; Brit. informal like billy-o.

词源记忆 - vengeance collapse

vengeance 复仇
来自古法语vengier, 复仇，报仇，词源同vindication, vendetta.