vindictive

英 [vɪnˈdɪktɪv]

美 [vɪnˈdɪktɪv]

adj.  想复仇的; 报复性的; 怀恨的

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.18718 / COCA.18233

牛津词典

adj.

• 想复仇的；报复性的；怀恨的
  trying to harm or upset sb, or showing that you want to, because you think that they have harmed you
  1. He accused her of being vindictive.
     他指责她存心报复。
  2. a vindictive comment
     报复性的言论

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 想复仇的;报复性的;怀恨在心的
  If you say that someone isvindictive, you are critical of them because they deliberately try to upset or cause trouble for someone who they think has done them harm.
  1. How can you be so vindictive?
     你的报复心怎么那么强？
  2. ...a vindictive woman desperate for revenge against the man who loved and left her.
     不顾一切企图报复那个对自己始乱终弃的男人的女子

双语例句

• Don't take any notice of what Sarah says-she's just being vindictive.
  别理会萨拉说什么&她只是想报复。
• Vindictive anger and hot shame.
  复仇的愤怒和热辣辣的受辱感。
• Vindictive people, acts, urges, comments.
  企图报复的人们、行为、心情、评语。
• The vindictive feeling called "moral indignation" is merely a form of cruelty.
  所谓“义愤”的复仇感，不过是残忍的一种形式。
• His action was unwarranted, picayune, and vindictive.
  他的行为是非法的，卑鄙的，恶意的。
• Are you sure? Maybe there's a vindictive printer working for you.
  你确定吗？可能有个印刷工故意报复你呢。
• In the darkness, the machine gun spat a vindictive white light like an acetylene torch.
  机枪在黑暗中吐出一道凶厉的白光，活象一支喷火的乙炔吹管。
• In the film'cape fear ', a lawyer's family is threatened by a vindictive former prisoner.
  在电影《恐怖角》里，一个律师家受到了一个怀恨在心的出狱的囚犯的威胁。
• How can you be so vindictive?
  你的报复心怎么那么强？
• In a vindictive, revengeful manner.
  以报复性的、深藏仇恨的方式。