revenge

revenge
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands
    复仇，报复
    other spurned wives have taken public revenge on their husbands.
    其他被抛弃的妻子已公开向她们的丈夫报复。
    ■the desire to inflict such retribution
    报复欲望，复仇心
    it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge.
    想不被仇恨和报复欲望所左右是不容易的。
    ■(in sporting contexts) the defeat of a person or team by whom one was beaten in a previous encounter
    （体育用语）（上次败方的）雪耻
    Zimbabwe snatched the game 18–16, but the Spanish had their revenge later.
    津巴布韦队以18比16拿下这场比赛，但西班牙在后面的比赛中一雪前耻。
verb
  1. (revenge oneself 或 be revenged)(chiefly archaic or poetic/literary)inflict hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to oneself
    (主古或诗／文)复仇，报复
    I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you.
    我一定要报复你们所有的人。
    ■[with obj.]inflict such retribution on behalf of (someone else)
    替（人）报仇
    it's a pity he chose that way to revenge his sister.
    遗憾的是，他选择了那样的方式为妹妹报仇。
    ■inflict retribution for (a wrong or injury done to oneself or another)
    报（被冤枉，被伤害）之仇；洗雪（侮辱）
    her brother was slain, and she revenged his death.
    她的哥哥被人杀害了，她报了杀兄之仇。
常用词组
revenge is a dish best served (或 eaten) cold
  1. (proverb)vengeance is often more satisfying if it is not exacted immediately
    (谚)君子报仇，十年不晚
派生
revenger
noun
  1. (poetic/literary).)(诗／文).)
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French revencher, from late Latin revindicare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + vindicare 'claim, avenge'
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