avenge
英[?'ven(d)?]
美[?'v?nd?]
- vt. 替…報仇
- vi. 報復，報仇
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?avenges;過去式:?avenged;過去分詞:?avenged;現在分詞:?avenging;名詞:?avenger;
助記提示
Avenge：我完志。我要替我的朋友完成遺志，去報復殺害他的兇手----為……復仇，為……報復。
中文詞源
avenge 復仇
前綴a-同ad-. -venge, 復仇，見vengeful.
英文詞源
- avenge
- avenge: see vindicate
- avenge (v.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French avenger, Old French avengier, from a- "to" (see ad-) + vengier "take revenge" (Modern French venger), from Latin vindicare "to claim, avenge, punish" (see vindicate). Related: Avenged; avenging.
雙語例句
- 1. He promised to avenge his father's murder.
- 他發誓要報殺父之仇。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. He vowed to himself to avenge his martyred comrade.
- 他暗暗發誓要為犧牲的同志報仇.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. He swore to avenge himself on the mafia.
- 他發誓說要向黑手黨報仇.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He vowed to avenge martyrs.
- 他發誓要為烈士報仇.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. She had decided to avenge herself and all the other women he had abused.
- 她決定為自己和所有其他被他侮辱的女性報仇。
來自柯林斯例句