单词 | revenge |
释义 | re·venge ![]() tr.v. re·venged, re·veng·ing, re·veng·es 1. To inflict punishment in return for (injury or insult). 2. Archaic To seek or take vengeance for (oneself or another person); avenge. n. 1. The act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation: took revenge on her tormentors. 2. A desire for revenge; spite or vindictiveness: He did it out of revenge. 3. a. An opportunity to retaliate, as by a return sports match after a defeat: After the loss, he demanded that he be given his revenge. b. Something done in retaliation, especially a defeat of a rival who has been victorious. [Middle English revengen, from Old French revengier : re-, re- + vengier, to take revenge (from Latin vindicāre, to avenge, from vindex, vindic-, avenger; see deik- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] re·venger n. |
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