單詞
vindicative
英 ['v?nd?,k?t?v]
基本信息
- adj. 辯護(hù)的；辯明的；懲罰的
英文詞源
- vindicative (adj.)
- mid-15c., "vindictive, having vengeful intent," from Old French vindicatif (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin vindicativus, from vindicat-, past participle stem of vindicare (see vindicate). From c. 1600 as "involving retribution or punishment," a sense "common in 17th cent." [OED].
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