vendetta

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvendettaven‧det‧ta /venˈdetə/ noun 1 [countable] a situation in which one person or group tries for a long time to harm another personvendetta against He accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him. the victim of a political vendetta2 [countable, uncountable] a long violent argument between two groups or people, especially one that is about something that happened in the past SYN feud The two sides have been engaged in a bitter private vendetta.vendetta between vendettas between rival gangsExamples from the Corpusvendetta• One of the gang members began a vendetta against her after she testified.• When she testifies against them, one begins a vendetta against her.• Sure, I have a vendetta against him and he has one against me.• It was a vendetta, any child would have seen that.• Ellis claims he is the victim of a conspiracy with a personal vendetta against him.• The lure of mutual profit wiped out, at least temporarily, their personal vendetta.political vendetta• In closed-door sessions with House Republicans, Gingrich blamed his ethics problems on a Democratic political vendetta.Origin vendetta (1800-1900) Italian “vengeance”, from Latin vindicta; → VINDICTIVE

单词	vendetta
释义	vendetta From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvendettaven‧det‧ta /venˈdetə/ noun 1 [countable] a situation in which one person or group tries for a long time to harm another personvendetta against He accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him. the victim of a political vendetta2 [countable, uncountable] a long violent argument between two groups or people, especially one that is about something that happened in the past SYN feud The two sides have been engaged in a bitter private vendetta.vendetta between vendettas between rival gangsExamples from the Corpusvendetta• One of the gang members began a vendetta against her after she testified.• When she testifies against them, one begins a vendetta against her.• Sure, I have a vendetta against him and he has one against me.• It was a vendetta, any child would have seen that.• Ellis claims he is the victim of a conspiracy with a personal vendetta against him.• The lure of mutual profit wiped out, at least temporarily, their personal vendetta.political vendetta• In closed-door sessions with House Republicans, Gingrich blamed his ethics problems on a Democratic political vendetta.Origin vendetta (1800-1900) Italian “vengeance”, from Latin vindicta; → VINDICTIVE
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