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A vendetta is a long, bitter feud between two people, families, or groups — one where each side keeps trying to get back at the other, sometimes for years or even generations. It started out meaning a real blood feud in Italy, where families took violent revenge on each other, but in everyday English today it's usually softer: 'she has a vendetta against her old boss' just means she holds a strong, lasting grudge and keeps trying to get back at him.
世仇、血仇;(比喻)長期的私怨、宿怨
組成From Italian 'vendetta', meaning revenge, which comes from the Latin word 'vindicta' (vengeance).
同家族的字
- vindictiveboth come from the Latin root vindicta, meaning revenge
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
vendettanoun/vɛnˈdɛtə/
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Revenge.
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A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
- The families had been locked in a bitter vendetta for generations.
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A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.
- personal vendetta
- blood vendetta
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。