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be vengeful toward/against sb
表示对某人有报复情绪，常用介词 toward 或 against。
After the trial, she was vengeful toward the witnesses who testified against her.
审判结束后，她对那些作证反对她的证人怀有报复心。
报复的；复仇心切的
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报复的；复仇心切的
vindictive; seeking revenge
After the trial, she was vengeful toward the witnesses who testified against her.
审判结束后，她对那些作证反对她的证人怀有报复心。
报复性的或想要复仇的
Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
倾向于寻求报复或旨在报复
disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge; - Shakespeare; - M.R.Cohen
After his team lost the championship, he was vengeful toward the referee and complained about him for weeks.
在他的球队输掉冠军赛后，他对裁判怀恨在心，抱怨了好几个星期。
The angry neighbor left a vengeful note on our door, promising to call the police about the noise.
愤怒的邻居在我们门上留了张报复性的纸条，说要为噪音问题报警。
She gave her rival a vengeful smile after winning the contest.
赢得比赛后，她对对手露出了充满报复意味的微笑。
表示对某人有报复情绪，常用介词 toward 或 against。
After the trial, she was vengeful toward the witnesses who testified against her.
审判结束后，她对那些作证反对她的证人怀有报复心。
vengeful 可修饰人、行为或情绪等名词，如 person、act、mood。
The novel tells the story of a vengeful ghost seeking justice.
这部小说讲述了一个复仇的鬼魂寻求正义的故事。
feel 后接形容词表示主观感受；也可用 become 或 grow 表示逐渐变得想报复。
He felt vengeful after his business partner cheated him.
在生意伙伴欺骗他之后，他感到很想报复。
Not this
He is revenge because his team lost.
Use this
He is vengeful because his team lost.
revenge 是名词或动词，不能作形容词；表示‘想报复的、报复性的’应用形容词 vengeful。这里 be 动词后需要形容词作表语。
Not this
She felt vengeful with her former colleague.
Use this
She felt vengeful toward her former colleague.
表示‘对某人有报复心’时，vengeful 与介词 toward/towards 搭配，不能用 with；with 通常表示伴随或工具，用在这里不合英语搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
报复心强的性情
She has a vengeful streak that scares me.
她报复心强的性情让我害怕。
复仇的怒火
He flew into a vengeful rage after the betrayal.
遭到背叛后，他怒火中烧，一心复仇。
复仇的幽灵
The old house is said to be haunted by a vengeful spirit.
据说那座老房子闹鬼，住着一个复仇的幽灵。
复仇的念头
Vengeful thoughts consumed him after the insult.
受辱之后，复仇的念头占据了他的心。
复仇之神
They feared the vengeful god of the storm.
他们惧怕风暴中那位复仇之神。
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把 vengeful 拆成 venge（同 vengeance 复仇的开头）+ ful（充满），联想“心里充满复仇念头”，就是报复心切的。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、新闻报道、正式演讲 多用于书面或正式语境，文学色彩较强；口语中也可使用，语气会比较郑重、强烈。
只有 revengeful 与 vengeful 完全押韵（重读元音及之后都是 /ɛndʒfəl/）。graceful、peaceful、useful、hateful、wasteful 虽然都以 -ful 结尾，拼写相似，但重读元音不同，因此不是押韵，只是形近词。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.