vendetta
美音:
[ven´detə
]英音:
[ven´detə
]n.族间仇杀,深仇
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vendetta为短语/超纲词汇
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vendetta
/ven'detə; vɛn`dɛtə/
n
1 hereditary feud between families in which murders are committed in revenge for previous murders 家族世仇; 族间仇杀.
2 bitter long-standing quarrel 长期争斗; 积怨
*(joc 谑) wage a personal vendetta against the Post Office 个人向邮局进行的长期斗争.
vendetta
n[
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Italian;Origin:'vengeance', from
Latin vindicta;
VINDICTIVE]
[C]a situation in which one person or group tries for a long time to harm another person
vendetta against He accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him. the victim of a political vendetta [U and C]a long violent argument between two groups or people, especially one that is about something that happened in the past
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feud The two sides have been engaged in a bitter private vendetta .vendetta between Vendettas between rival gangs are common.