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单词 revenge
释义
revenge
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈvendʒ/us
/rɪˈvendʒ/
B2
harmdone to someone as apunishmentforharmthat they have done to someoneelse:
报复；报仇
Shetook/got/exacted(her) revengeonhimforleavingher bysmashingup hiscar.他抛弃了她，她就砸烂了他的车来报复。
He isbelievedto have beenshotby arivalganginrevengeforthe shootings lastweek.据信，敌对帮派为了报复上周的枪击事件将他枪杀。
More examples
  • It's thestoryof a woman whoplotsadastardlyrevenge on herunfaithfullover.
  • Heneededtosatisfyhisdesirefor revenge.
  • Herjiltedboyfriendhasswornrevenge on her newhusband.
  • You mustcastasideallthoughtsof revenge.
  • Thecentralcharacteris amalevolentwitchout for revenge.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revenge and vengefulness
  • avenge
  • avenger
  • bite
  • bite back (atsomeone/something)
  • don't get mad, get evenidiom
  • eye
  • hit
  • medicine
  • mind
  • pay
  • paysomeone/somethingback
  • reprisal
  • retaliate
  • retaliation
  • retaliatory
  • two can play at that gameidiom
  • vengeance
  • vengeful
  • vengefully
  • vengefulness
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Idiom

revenge is sweet
revenge
verb[T]
uk
/rɪˈvendʒ/us
/rɪˈvendʒ/
toharmsomeone as apunishmentforharmthat they have done to you:
报复；向…报仇
to revenge adeath/defeat/injustice为一个人的死报仇／雪失败之耻／伸张正义
Theredteamrevenged themselvesontheblueteambywinningthesemifinal.红队在半决赛中打败蓝队，报了一箭之仇。
Synonym
avengeformal
Compare
retaliate
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revenge and vengefulness
  • avenge
  • avenger
  • bite
  • bite back (atsomeone/something)
  • don't get mad, get evenidiom
  • eye
  • hit
  • medicine
  • mind
  • pay
  • paysomeone/somethingback
  • reprisal
  • retaliate
  • retaliation
  • retaliatory
  • two can play at that gameidiom
  • vengeance
  • vengeful
  • vengefully
  • vengefulness
See more results »
(Definition ofrevengefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

revenge| American Dictionary

revenge
noun[U]
us
/rɪˈvendʒ/
harmthat you do to someone as apunishmentforharmthat thepersonhas done to you:
He had beenseekingachancefor revenge against those who hadhelpedousthim from hisleadershippositioninCongress.
(Definition ofrevengefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrevenge

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If it is peace you want, these actions will produce martyrs' crowns and revenges of a more horrible nature at some distant date.
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Therefore, they have revenged themselves in according them appreciably worse economic treatment than they have meted out to other countries.
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The whirligig of time brings its revenges, and every change in government means the same thing.
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I hope that the old feeling of a desire to be revenged upon those who have offended against society is fast disappearing.
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The last thing we ought to go in for is revenges, raising more dust and more scandal, and exhausting energy which ought to be reserved for the enemy.
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The whirligig of time brings its revenges.
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They also sent reverberations through the officer corps and the soldiery, damaging confidence among some and legitimizing the desire forrevengeamong others.
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In such situations a comic character's sanctimonious pose seems clumsy and inappropriate, the expressions of rage andrevengehollow.
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The theatre explores the secular dilemmas through themes of loyalty andrevenge, love and fidelity, individual ambition and public order.
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I cannot here address civil disobedience orrevenge.
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He forsakes the long-postponed pleasures of the marriage bed for the sweeter pleasure ofrevenge.
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There he found her sister was dead and revenged everyone who caused her death.
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In turn,revengeis inaugurated following a scene of confession.
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I don't know what hidden anger you're takingrevengefor.
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Acts of collectiverevengecontinued to be endemic in the three subprefectures.
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