revenge

revenge

英 [rɪ'ven(d)ʒ]
　　美 [rɪ'vɛndʒ]

n. 報復；復仇
　　vt. 報復；替…報仇；洗雪
　　vi. 報仇；雪恥

v.(動詞)revenge的基本意思是指本人直接受到迫害而向侵犯者進行報仇,常含有“出氣”“以牙還牙”的意味,因此幾乎總是帶著惡意、怨恨,或不肯原諒他人等意味。revenge是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。還常接反身代詞作賓語,再接介詞on〔upon〕引出報復的對象。

中文詞源：

revenge 報復，報仇

re-,表強調，-veng,復仇，詞源同 avenge,vengeance.

例句：

1. There are few things quite as sweet as revenge.
幾乎沒有比復仇更爽的事情瞭。

2. She took revenge on her ex-boyfriend by smashing up his home.
為瞭報復，她砸瞭前任男友的傢。

3. She uses the media to help her exact a terrible revenge.
她利用媒體幫助自己進行可怕的復仇。

4. People should understand how thirsty for revenge they are.
人們應該理解他們復仇的願望是多麼強烈。

5. They were meditating revenge.
他們在謀劃進行報復。