ven·geance/`vɛndʒəns; ˈvendʒəns/ n 1 [U] when you do something violent or harmful to someone in order to punish them for hurting you or doing something bad to you 报仇,复仇,报复: a desire for vengeance 复仇的愿望 2 with a vengeance used to say that someone does something or something happens a lot, especially much more than before 〔尤指比过去更〕猛烈地,激烈地: The hot weather is back with a vengeance. 炎热的天气再度发威。