a long period of violence between two families or groups, in which people are murdered in return for previous murders 家族世仇；团伙仇杀 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- political
- conduct
- pursue
- wage
- …
- vendetta against
- vendetta (against somebody)
a long argument or campaign in which one person or group does or says things to harm another 积怨；宿怨；长期不和 He has accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against him. 他指责媒体长期跟他过不去。 🔊🔊 She conducted a personal vendetta against me. 她对我有宿仇。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- political
- conduct
- pursue
- wage
- …
- vendetta against
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Italian, from Latin vindicta ‘vengeance’.