n.报仇；报复；报复心；雪耻机会
vt.报复；报仇
They vowed revenge on their enemies. 他们发誓要向敌人报仇。
Thoughts of revenge kept running through his mind. 他脑海里时刻萦绕着复仇的念头。
I want revenge against her on more scores than one. 我有种种理由要向她报复。
I did not do it out of revenge. 我做那件事并不是出于报复。
The murderer was actuated by revenge. 这个杀人犯被报复心驱使着。
The Americans are seeking revenge for their defeat at the last year's championships. 美国队正在寻找机会为去年的冠军赛失利雪耻。
用作及物动词 (vt.)They thirsted to revenge themselves upon the enemy. 他们渴望向敌人报复。
The knight swore he would revenge his father's death. 骑士发誓要为他父亲向敌人报仇。
revenge的基本意思是指本人直接受到迫害而向侵犯者进行报仇,常含有“出气”“以牙还牙”的意味,因此几乎总是带着恶意、怨恨,或不肯原谅他人等意味。
revenge是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。还常接反身代词作宾语,再接介词on〔upon〕引出报复的对象。
adj.燃起复仇念头；深藏仇念的
adj.未报仇(或报复)的
