revenge

n. 报复；复仇

vt. 报复；替…报仇；洗雪

vi. 报仇；雪耻

中文词源

revenge 报复，报仇

re-,表强调，-veng,复仇，词源同 avenge,vengeance.

revenge: revenge: see vindicate
revenge (v.): late 14c., from Old French revengier, variant of revenchier "take revenge, avenge" (13c., Modern French revancher), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + vengier "take revenge," from Latin vindicare "to lay claim to, avenge, punish" (see vindicate).
To avenge is "to get revenge" or "to take vengeance"; it suggests the administration of just punishment for a criminal or immoral act. Revenge seems to stress the idea of retaliation a bit more strongly and implies real hatred as its motivation. ["The Columbia Guide to Standard American English," 1993]
revenge (n.): 1540s, from Middle French revenge, back-formation from revengier (see revenge (v.)).

2. She took revenge on her ex-boyfriend by smashing up his home.: 为了报复，她砸了前任男友的家。

3. She uses the media to help her exact a terrible revenge.: 她利用媒体帮助自己进行可怕的复仇。

4. People should understand how thirsty for revenge they are.: 人们应该理解他们复仇的愿望是多么强烈。