Its implicit thesis is that the allied bombing campaign was a vindictive and unprovoked attack on a country that itself adhered scrupulously to the rules of war.

本书暗含的主题是，盟军对这个坚守战争规则的国家发动的轰炸运动, 是一次无正当理由的,带有报复性的进攻.

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In a draft script for the upcoming movie "the Social Network" that I obtained from sources in the movie industry, Zuckerberg is portrayed as vindictive and naive.

我从电影工业的一些朋友那里获得了即将拍摄的“社交网络”的初步剧本，扎克伯格被描绘成一个幼稚而且喜欢报复的家伙。

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A black frown settled down upon the hermit's face, and he clenched his bony hands with a vindictive energy.

隐士的脸上现出凶恶的神色，他握紧瘦骨嶙峋的双手，一副要报仇的样子。

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Sure, there could be a vindictive, terrible principal who unfairly fires good teachers for bad reasons, but the assumption is that a school with that problem will fail in the marketplace due to underqualified teachers and bad morale.

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To many people, the move seemed a vindictive attack on friends and former employees.

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Yet before the thing was over, he was indicted by a vindictive prosecutor.

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