revenge

• n. 報複；複仇
• vt. 報複；替…報仇；洗雪
• vi. 報仇；雪恥

re-,表強調，-veng,複仇，詞源同 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.

幾乎沒有比複仇更爽的事情了。

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2. She took revenge on her ex-boyfriend by smashing up his home.

為了報複，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.

她利用媒體幫助自己進行可怕的複仇。

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4. People should understand how thirsty for revenge they are.

人們應該理解他們複仇的願望是多麽強烈。

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5. They were meditating revenge.

他們在謀劃進行報複。

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