bad blood
bad blood — 名詞
1. a lasting feeling of resentment or hostility between people or groups, caused by
積怨
因過去的爭執而產生的長期怨恨
a lasting feeling of resentment or hostility between people or groups, caused by past arguments or wrongs
There was bad blood between Greta and Hassan after the business deal fell through.
Greta 和 Hassan 在生意失敗後產生了積怨。
pattern: there + be + bad blood between [people]
The bad blood between the two neighbours goes back to a fence dispute.
兩位鄰居之間的積怨源於一次圍牆爭議。
collocation: bad blood goes back to [cause]
Mira sensed the bad blood between her colleagues the moment she joined the team.
Mira 加入團隊後立刻察覺到同事之間的積怨。
Years of bad blood made the family reunion tense and deeply uncomfortable.
多年的積怨讓這次家庭聚會氣氛緊張又不自在。
collocation: years of bad blood
The coach tried to settle the bad blood between the two rival players.
教練試圖化解兩名對立球員之間的積怨。
collocation: settle the bad blood
- bad blood between
- there is bad blood
- cause bad blood
- create bad blood
- settle the bad blood
- years of bad blood
- animosity
more formal; can refer to hostility from any cause, not only past disputes
- hostility
stronger and more openly expressed; can be active aggression, not just lingering feeling
- resentment
focuses on the feeling of having been treated unfairly
- grudge
usually one-sided; one person holds a grudge against another
- goodwill
a friendly and cooperative feeling between people
文法句型
bad blood between [people/groups]
there is/was bad blood
用法筆記
Uncountable — never used with 'a' or in the plural. Almost always appears with 'between' naming the two sides involved.