revenge

英[rɪ'ven(d)ʒ] 美[rɪ'vɛndʒ]
  • n. 报复;复仇
  • vt. 报复;替…报仇;洗雪
  • vi. 报仇;雪耻

中文词源


revenge 报复,报仇

re-,表强调,-veng,复仇,词源同 avenge,vengeance.

英文词源


revenge
revenge: see vindicate
revenge (v.)
late 14c., from Old French revengier, variant of revenchier "take revenge, avenge" (13c., Modern French revancher), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + vengier "take revenge," from Latin vindicare "to lay claim to, avenge, punish" (see vindicate).
To avenge is "to get revenge" or "to take vengeance"; it suggests the administration of just punishment for a criminal or immoral act. Revenge seems to stress the idea of retaliation a bit more strongly and implies real hatred as its motivation. ["The Columbia Guide to Standard American English," 1993]
revenge (n.)
1540s, from Middle French revenge, back-formation from revengier (see revenge (v.)).

双语例句


1. There are few things quite as sweet as revenge.
几乎没有比复仇更爽的事情了。

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2. She took revenge on her ex-boyfriend by smashing up his home.
为了报复,她砸了前任男友的家。

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3. She uses the media to help her exact a terrible revenge.
她利用媒体帮助自己进行可怕的复仇。

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4. People should understand how thirsty for revenge they are.
人们应该理解他们复仇的愿望是多么强烈。

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5. They were meditating revenge.
他们在谋划进行报复。

来自《权威词典》