vindictiveness
noun [ U ] disapproving uk/vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv.nəs/ us/vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv.nəs/
报复心;复仇的意图
the quality or an act of showing a wish to harm someone because you think they have harmed you
The refusal to grant him parole is sheer vindictiveness. 拒绝予以他假释纯粹是为了报复。
She was intensely biased against him and apparently motivated by pure vindictiveness. 她对他有强烈的偏见，这显然是出于纯粹的报复心理。
See: vindictive
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- I have faced a campaign that has been driven by vindictiveness and retaliation.
- They were motivated by vindictiveness, or just plain cruelty.
- His generosity to his friends was matched by vindictiveness to those who fell out of his favour.