revenge
英[r?'ven(d)?]
美[r?'v?nd?]
- n. 報復；復仇
- vt. 報復；替…報仇；洗雪
- vi. 報仇；雪恥
中文詞源
revenge 報復，報仇
re-,表強調，-veng,復仇，詞源同 avenge,vengeance.
英文詞源
- 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.)).
雙語例句
- 1. There are few things quite as sweet as revenge.
- 幾乎沒有比復仇更爽的事情了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She took revenge on her ex-boyfriend by smashing up his home.
- 為了報復，她砸了前任男友的家。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. People should understand how thirsty for revenge they are.
- 人們應該理解他們復仇的愿望是多么強烈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They were meditating revenge.
- 他們在謀劃進行報復。
來自《權威詞典》