vengeance
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ven·geance /ˈvendʒəns/ ●○○ noun 1 [uncountable]REVENGE a violent or harmful action that someone does to punish someone for harming them or their family 报仇，报复，复仇 SYN revenge a desire for vengeance 复仇的愿望 a vow of vengeance 复仇的誓言 an act of vengeance 复仇的行为2 with a vengeance LOT/VERY MUCHwith great force or more effort than before 过度地；猛烈地 The music started up again with a vengeance. 音乐再度响起，更加激昂。
Examples from the Corpus
vengeance• You can bet the Rare Bear team will be back with a vengeance.• In mounting dismay she peered into the gloom, the invidious nature of her position coming home to her with a vengeance.• Luckily, the Dow rebounded with a vengeance, enjoying record trading Tuesday.• The literacy crisis that has become part of our current cultural vocabulary was taking shape with a vengeance.• Her desire for vengeance led her to shoot her daughter's murderer.• His rise seemed to be their act of vengeance, and so far it had been dramatic.• Nothing can justify the gunmens' senseless acts of vengeance.• Perhaps she chose to save herself from what she foresaw as the ravages of vengeance.• Pulling away into the stream, she reflected happily that vengeance was oh, so sweet.Origin vengeance (1200-1300) Old French venger “to avenge”, from Latin vindicare; → VINDICATEven·geance nounChineseSyllable
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vengeance
ven‧geance /ˈvendʒəns/
noun1. [uncountable] a violent or harmful action that someone does to punish someone for harming them or their family
SYN revenge:
a desire for vengeance
a vow of vengeance
an act of vengeance
2. with a vengeance with great force or more effort than before:
The music started up again with a vengeance.
ven‧geance /ˈvendʒəns/
noun1. [uncountable] a violent or harmful action that someone does to punish someone for harming them or their family SYN revenge:
2. with a vengeance with great force or more effort than before:
