单词	avenger
释义	avengea‧venge /əˈvendʒ/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINavenge Origin: 1300-1400 venge ‘to avenge’ (13-20 centuries), from Old French venger; ➔ VENGEANCE Verb Table VERB TABLE avenge Simple Form Present I, you, we, they avenge he, she, it avenges Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they avenged Present perfect I, you, we, they have avenged he, she, it has avenged Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had avenged Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will avenge Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have avenged Continuous Form Present I am avenging he, she, it is avenging you, we, they are avenging Past I, he, she, it was avenging you, we, they were avenging Present perfect I, you, we, they have been avenging he, she, it has been avenging Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been avenging Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be avenging Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been avenging Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES It was an insult which only Cassio's death could avenge. The soldiers wanted to avenge their humiliating defeat the previous year. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS In the office, we avenge slight slights with small snubs. It's the duty of one of her own to avenge her. Once again the Saxons showed their spirit, and rose enmasse to avenge this cruel execution. The Trojans wish to avenge the death of Hector; their misplaced values mean that patience in adversity is impossible. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto punish someone because they have harmed or offended you► take/get revenge to do something to punish someone who has harmed you, your family, or your friends: take/get revenge on: · Gayle took revenge on her husband by cutting up all his best clothes.take/get revenge for: · He was determined to get revenge for the murder of his sister.take/get your revenge: · During the riot inmates took their revenge on prison guards. ► in retaliation if you do something in retaliation for something that someone has done to you, you do it to make them suffer even more than you did: · Ross said he feared that he might be fired in retaliation.in retaliation for: · The President ordered the bombings in retaliation for the attack. ► in revenge if you do something in revenge for something that someone has done to you, you do it to get revenge: · When she learned of her husband's affairs, she turned to another man in revenge.in revenge for: · They murdered Gillespi in revenge for the death of their brother. ► get back at also get your own back (on) British informal to do something which causes problems for someone, because they have done something that causes problems for you: · Dad won't let me go to the concert, but I'll get back at him.· Even if it took me ten years, I was determined to get my own back.· He kept looking for a chance to get his own back on Freddie.get back at for: · He wanted to get back at his supervisor for criticizing him in front of the other workers. ► get/pay somebody back if you do something unpleasant or unkind to someone in order to get or pay them back , you do it in order to punish them because they have done something unkind or unpleasant to you: · So then I told everyone one of her secrets to pay her back.get/pay sb back for: · Someday I'll get you back for this!· John's being difficult about the divorce just to pay me back for leaving him. ► get even informal if you get even with someone, you get revenge by doing something equally bad to them, in order to make yourself feel satisfied: · He decided to get even by letting the air out of her tires.get even with: · What can I do to get even with him?· Hamilton's supporters later tried to get even with Jefferson by calling him an adulterer. ► avenge if you avenge an action that someone has done to you, you do something unpleasant or unkind in order to get revenge - used especially in literature: · It was an insult which only Cassio's death could avenge.· The soldiers wanted to avenge their humiliating defeat the previous year. ► I'll get somebody for this spoken say this when someone has done something unpleasant to you and you are saying that you will get revenge: · I'll get you for this, you little brat.· Did you hear what he just said to me? I'll get him for this! Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► death · The nausea threatened to overcome him, but his determination to avenge the death of his friend was too strong.· He vowed to avenge their deaths but was persuaded to turn his strength into an agent for good.· The Trojans wish to avenge the death of Hector; their misplaced values mean that patience in adversity is impossible.· Suddenly he walked back to me and said I ought to avenge my father's death and that he could help me. ► defeat · Pool need to avenge their home defeat to check an alarming slide down the Third Division.· Half a century later he has finally avenged that defeat.· In the last 16 matches tomorrow Duffy plays Dale and will be going out to avenge that defeat over fellow Ulsterman Sharpe. literary to do something to hurt or punish someone because they have harmed or offended you → revenge:  He wanted to avenge his brother’s death.—avenger noun [countable]
随便看	indefensible indefensibly indefinable indefinably indefinite indefinite article indefinitely indefinite pronoun indelible indelibly indelicacy indelicate indemnification indemnify indemnity indent indentation indented indenture indentured independence Independence Day Independence Hall Independent independent

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