Vengeance

(noun.) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord'--Romans 12:19; 'For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge'--James Garfield; 'he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him'; 'the swiftness of divine retribution'.

校对:杜鲁门

• Other vengeance than mine had followed that fated man from the theatre to his own door--from his own door to his refuge in Paris. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But how puny and harmless they now looked beside this huge and terrific incarnation of hate, of vengeance and of death. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Wreak your vengeance to the utmost, was my message to the green allies, for by night there will be none left to avenge your wrongs. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• It is not violence that best overcomes hate--nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Their time is the day of vengeance; their signal, the word of the Lord of hosts, thundering with the voice of His excellency. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The Vengeance and Jacques Three vied with each other in their fervent protestations that she was the most admirable and marvellous of witnesses. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• And I call on you, spirits of the dead; and on you, wandering ministers of vengeance, to aid and conduct me in my work. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The Vengeance stooped, and the jar of a drum was heard as she moved it at her feet behind the counter. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I am indeed bound to vengeance, murmured Cedric; Saint Withold knows my heart. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The sisters in the convent used to tell me of a day of judgment, when everything is coming to light;--won't there be vengeance, then! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Follow me to the throne; we will reap vengeance where vengeance is deserved. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Louder yet, Vengeance, with a little oath or so added, and yet it will hardly bring her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Kala punished, Tublat swore dire vengeance, and old Kerchak took notice and warned and threatened; but all to no avail. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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