grudge

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++grudge1 /ɡrʌdʒ/ noun [countable]  1  DON'T LIKEFORGIVEa feeling of dislike for someone because you cannot forget that they harmed you in the past 怀恨，怨恨grudge against Is there anyone who might have had a grudge against her? 有没有谁可能对她怀恨在心？ Mr Gillis was not normally a man to bear grudges. 吉利斯先生通常不是那种会积怨的人。 I’m not harbouring some secret grudge against you. 我没有对你暗地里怀恨在心。 It could be the work of someone with a grudge against the company. 这事可能是某些对公司怀有怨愤的人干的。 You let nasty little personal grudges creep in. 你就由着怨恨的情绪一点一点滋长。2. grudge fight/match DSa fight or sports competition between two people who dislike each other a lot 〔打斗或体育比赛中〕冤家对头的决斗/比赛n COLLOCATIONSverbshave/hold a grudgeThe police asked if anyone might have had a grudge against the victim.bear/carry a grudgeWallace said the rumors had been started by someone who bore a grudge against him.harbour a grudge (=to have a grudge for a long time)He was the sort of person to harbour a grudge for years.nurse a grudge (=to have a grudge and keep finding reasons for it)She was still nursing a grudge against her grandfather.adjectivesa personal grudgeIt is known that Ibarra had a personal grudge against Arellanos.an old/ancient/long-standing grudgeHe said they should celebrate their achievements, not nurse old grudges.phrasesbear/hold etc no grudgeHe insisted that he held no grudge against Taylor.

Examples from the Corpus

grudge• As if he had a grudge against the whole world.• As late as 1991 Nixon continued to harbour a grudge against Eisenhower over his role in the 1960 campaign.• Now some coward with a grudge has bombed a crowd of Olympics fans enjoying music in a public park.• Political loony, surprised thief, old lag with a grudge ... it's facts I want, not surmise.• It would not do to have Miss Blagden imagine she bore any grudge.• A lone gunman with an apparent grudge can do great harm.• Knives were drawn and it looked as if many ancient, long-held grudges were to be settled.• Stories about Davis' temper, grudges and food fights abound.personal grudges• Such a pulsating close battle required firmer handling than administered by Brian Wallis, for there were quite a few personal grudges raging.• You let nasty little personal grudges creep in, and you taint the experience.grudge2 verb [transitive]  WILLINGto do or give something very unwillingly 勉强做〔某事〕；勉强给〔某物〕grudge doing something I really grudge paying for poor service. 服务很差，我实在是不愿意付钱。grudge somebody something I don’t grudge him his success. 我认为他的成功是应该的。 —grudging adjective [usually before noun] a grudging apology 不情愿的道歉 —grudgingly adverb He grudgingly admitted he’d been wrong. 他勉强承认自己错了。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

grudge• Oliver was grudging about accepting Wickham's innocence.• You don't grudge the outlay when you get a letter like that.• I grudged the time I had to spend doing housework instead of playing.• Mair sometimes grudged the work and time it involved but he knew its importance.• Ada believed that nobody could grudge you the right to complain.Origin grudge2 (1300-1400) Old French grouchier; → GROUCH1

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grudge¹ /ɡrʌdʒ/ noun [countable]
1. a feeling of dislike for someone because you cannot forget that they harmed you in the past
    grudge against
    Is there anyone who might have had a grudge against her?
    Mr Gillis was not normally a man to bear grudges.
    I’m not harbouring some secret grudge against you.
    It could be the work of someone with a grudge against the company.
    You let nasty little personal grudges creep in.
2. grudge fight/match a fight or sports competition between two people who dislike each other a lot
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs
   ▪ have/hold a grudge The police asked if anyone might have had a grudge against the victim.
   ▪ bear/carry a grudge Wallace said the rumors had been started by someone who bore a grudge against him.
   ▪ harbour a grudge (=to have a grudge for a long time) He was the sort of person to harbour a grudge for years.
   ▪ nurse a grudge (=to have a grudge and keep finding reasons for it) She was still nursing a grudge against her grandfather.
■ adjectives
   ▪ a personal grudge It is known that Ibarra had a personal grudge against Arellanos.
   ▪ an old/ancient/long-standing grudge He said they should celebrate their achievements, not nurse old grudges.
■ phrases
   ▪ bear/hold etc no grudge He insisted that he held no grudge against Taylor.

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grudge² verb [transitive]to do or give something very unwillingly
    grudge doing something
    I really grudge paying for poor service.
    grudge somebody something
    I don’t grudge him his success.
—grudging adjective [usually before noun]:
    a grudging apology
—grudgingly adverb:
    He grudgingly admitted he’d been wrong.