1[countableC] a situation in which one person or group tries for a long time to harm another person 长期争斗,长期压制
vendetta against
He accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him.
他指责英国媒体长期和他过不去。
the victim of a political vendetta
政治积怨的受害者
2[countableC, uncountableU] a long violentargument between two groups or people, especially one that is about something that happened in the past 世仇,宿怨SYN feud
The two sides have been engaged in a bitter private vendetta.
双方有着很深的私仇。
vendetta between
vendettas between rival gangs
对立帮派间的宿怨
Examples from the Corpus
vendetta• 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.• West Yorkshire police emphasised yesterday that no evidence had emerged to link the killing to any vendetta or previoustrouble.• Ellis claims he is the victim of a conspiracy with a personalvendetta against him.• The lure of mutualprofitwiped out, at least temporarily, their personal vendetta.• The recentbombings may be a sign of a renewedvendetta between rival separatists.• The killing was the result of a long-standingvendetta over gambling profits.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + VENDETTA | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤personal, political個人恩怨;政治上的宿怨VERB + VENDETTA➤conduct, pursue, wage報世仇;尋機報世仇;進行血親復仇➤settle了斷世仇PREPOSITION➤vendetta against跟⋯的宿仇◇For years he pursued a vendetta against the Morris family.多年來他一直在尋機向莫里斯家族報世仇。