名詞 vengeance:

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

1. Hot love, hasty vengeance.
   愛情過熱難持久。
2. Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.
   天網(wǎng)恢恢疏而不漏。
3. He cried to heaven for vengeance.
   他哭求老天為他雪恥。
4. He took vengeance on the murderer.
   他向謀殺者報(bào)了仇。

ven.geance

n.（名詞）
Infliction of punishment in return for a wrong committed; retribution:
報(bào)復(fù)；復(fù)仇：為了報(bào)復(fù)所受的冤屈而施加懲罰；報(bào)應(yīng)：
例句：
.Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time. An aromatic wine it seemed.(Charlotte Brontô)
.我第一次嘗到報(bào)復(fù)的滋味。它似乎是一種芳香的醇酒.(夏洛特·勃朗特)

<習(xí)慣用語>with a vengeance
With great violence or force.
猛烈的；激烈的：帶有極大的暴力或力量的
To an extreme degree:
極度地：
例句：
December has turned cold with a vengeance.
十二月已經(jīng)是透骨寒冷了

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from vengier [to avenge]
源自 vengier [報(bào)復(fù)]
from Latin vindic3re * see vindicate
源自 拉丁語 vindic3re *參見 vindicate