avenge

/əˈvendʒ/
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If you avenge a wrong or harmful act, you hurt or punish the person who is responsible for it. 为…报仇

verb [vt. 及物动词] 报复，替……报仇

She vowed to avenge her brother's death. 她发誓要为哥哥之死报仇。

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Lesson 46 Hobbies avenge 动词: 替…报复
a(对) + veng(惩戒) + e → 对某人进行惩戒 → 报仇， 复仇， 向(某人)报仇
avenge

vt. 替 … 报仇
单词造句:
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He promised to avenge his father's murder. 他发誓要报杀父之仇。
Adonis was later killed by a wild boar – an attack that may have been arranged to avenge another of Adonis' romantic intrigues. Adonis 后来被一头野猪杀死——一次袭击可能被安排来报复 Adonis 的另一个浪漫的阴谋。

与 “avenge” 相关联的词汇

易混淆 advantage /ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/ n. 优势；利益；有利条件
关联词 revenge /rɪˈvendʒ/ n. 复仇；报复
现在分词 avenging /əˈvendʒɪŋ/ adj.报仇的,复仇的
复合词 avenger /əˈvendʒə(r)/ n.复仇者

avenge 的重要知识点

avenge v. 为…报仇

  • He has devoted the past five years to avenging his daughter’s death.
  • I will avenge you on the enemy. 我替你向敌人报仇。
  • He vowed to avenge martyrs. 他发誓要为烈士报仇。
  • Who would avenge her death? 谁将为她的死复仇呢？
  • You've come to avenge, nothing else? 你只是来报仇的，没其他事了？
avenge oneself on sb. 向某人报复；报仇
  • She avenged herself on her father’s killers.
  • He vowed to avenge himself on the people who had betrayed him. 他发誓要向那些背叛过他的人报仇。

revenge 报复；报仇 

  • Eric wanted to revenge himself on John for the insult. 
  • She took her revenge by winning the competition against her rivals. 她通过在比赛中击败对手实现了报复。
  • He is cogitating upon some means of revenge. 他正在考虑采取某种报复手段。
  • The creature does the same to him in revenge. 这个生物也以同样的方式来报复他。
  • Drop any revenge you have towards the other person. 放下你对对方的任何报复。
revenge one’s death 为某人的死报仇 The hero spent years searching for the villain to revenge his father's death. 英雄花了好几年时间寻找那个坏人，为他父亲的死报仇。
revenge a defeat 雪耻；报失败之仇 The team is determined to revenge their recent defeat in the upcoming rematch. 该队决心在即将到来的重赛中报上次失败之仇。
revenge oneself on sb. 向某人报仇 He decided to revenge himself on his enemies by becoming more successful than them. 他决定通过变得比敌人更成功来向他们报仇。

retaliate 报复；反击

  • The British government retaliated by breaking off diplomatic relations.
  • The army was forced to retaliate after the border was attacked. 边境遭到袭击后，军队被迫进行反击。
  • They can't retaliate upon me. 他们不能向我报仇。
retaliate against … 向…进行报复
  • The army began to retaliate against the civilian population.
  • The company decided to retaliate against its competitors by lowering prices. 公司决定通过降价来报复竞争对手。

get / pay sb. back (for…) 报复；向某人还手

  • This time you beat me, and sometimes I’ll get / pay you back (for this).
  • I will definitely pay him back for the way he treated me. 我一定会就他对待我的方式对他进行报复。
get even 报复；扯平
  • What can I do to get even with him? 
  • He isn't the type to get angry; he prefers to get even. 他不是那种会大发雷霆的人；他更喜欢采取行动扯平（报复）。
get even with sb. 报复某人；向某人算账 She was determined to get even with her coworkers for stealing her ideas. 她决心要找那些偷了她创意的同事们算账。