| 单词 | avenge |
| 释义 | avenge transitive verb 1. < avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints — John Milton > < he avenged himself on his brother's killer > 2. < though he always avenged an injury, he never bore malice for one — Charles Kingsley > intransitive verb Synonyms: < after all, if other people's children do not like him, he can always avenge himself by disliking them twice as much — Robert Lynd > < it was a son who would some day avenge his father — Charles Dickens > < his wife … entered the gubernatorial campaign to avenge her husband — American Guide Series: Texas > revenge more often applies to vindicating oneself and usually suggests an evening up of scores or a personal satisfaction more than an achievement of justice, often connoting malice, spite, or vindictive retaliation < the novelist obsessed with the errors of his past … is irresistibly drawn to revenge himself on his past by rewriting it — C.J.Rolo > < the hope of revenging himself on me was a strong inducement — Jane Austen > |
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