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

• Children can be very vindictive.
  儿童会有很强的怀恨心。
• He was just being vindictive.
  他当时正处于一种报复心态。
• I'm a vindictive little bitch, truth be told.
  我是个报复性的产物，据我所知。
• His action was unwarranted, picayune, and vindictive.
  他的行为是非法的，卑鄙的，恶意的。
• The vindictive little girl tore up her sister's papers. All the way back he was very apologetic, but she remained in low spirits.
  那个充满报复心的小女孩撕破了她姐姐的作业。鸿渐一路上赔小心，鲍小姐只无精打采。
• Vindictive acts rarely do much good.
  报复性的行为很少有好处。
• I am passionate, but not vindictive.
  我容易激动，却不爱报复。
• In a vindictive, revengeful manner.
  以报复性的、深藏仇恨的方式。
• Better not tangle with the censors. They're very vindictive
  最好别和检查员发生冲突，他们可爱记仇了。
• 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。