• n. （尤指族間或血親間的）仇殺；深仇
• n. (Vendetta)人名；(意)文代塔

來自意大利語vendetta,仇怨，血仇，來自拉丁語vindicta,報仇，復(fù)仇，字母c脫落，詞源同vindictive,vengeful.

vendetta

vendetta: see vindicate

vendetta (n.)

"a private war in which a kinsman wreaks vengeance on the slayer of a relative," 1846, from Italian vendetta "a feud, blood feud," from Latin vindicta "vengeance, revenge" (see vindictive). Especially associated with Corsica.

1. His murder was a vendetta killing.

他的被害是一起仇殺。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He has accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against him.

他指責媒體長期跟他過不去。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. For years he pursued a vendetta against the Morris family.

多年來他一直在尋求向莫里斯家族報世仇.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The vice president said the cartoonist has a personal vendetta against him.

副總裁說那個漫畫家和他有私怨。

來自辭典例句

5. Since then Reed has been waging a vendetta against Baker and Young.

從那以后里德就一直伺機報復(fù)貝克和楊.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)