avenge
英 [?'ven(d)?]
美[?'v?nd?]
- vt. 替…报仇
- vi. 报复，报仇
TEM4CET6+GRE低频词常用词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?avenges;过去式:?avenged;过去分词:?avenged;现在分词:?avenging;名词:?avenger;
助记提示
Avenge：我完志。我要替我的朋友完成遗志，去报复杀害他的凶手----为……复仇，为……报复。
中文词源
avenge 复仇
前缀a-同ad-. -venge, 复仇，见vengeful.
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. He promised to avenge his father's murder.
- 他发誓要报杀父之仇。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. He vowed to himself to avenge his martyred comrade.
- 他暗暗发誓要为牺牲的同志报仇.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. He swore to avenge himself on the mafia.
- 他发誓说要向黑手党报仇.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He vowed to avenge martyrs.
- 他发誓要为烈士报仇.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. She had decided to avenge herself and all the other women he had abused.
- 她决定为自己和所有其他被他侮辱的女性报仇。
来自柯林斯例句