revenge

• n. 报复；复仇
• vt. 报复；替…报仇；洗雪
• vi. 报仇；雪耻

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

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.)).

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。

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