a·venge
verb/əˈvendʒ/
/əˈvendʒ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they avenge | /əˈvendʒ/ /əˈvendʒ/ |
| he / she / it avenges | /əˈvendʒɪz/ /əˈvendʒɪz/ |
| past simple avenged | /əˈvendʒd/ /əˈvendʒd/ |
| past participle avenged | /əˈvendʒd/ /əˈvendʒd/ |
| -ing form avenging | /əˈvendʒɪŋ/ /əˈvendʒɪŋ/ |
- to punish or hurt somebody in return for something bad or wrong that they have done to you, your family or friends
报（某事）之仇；向（某人）报仇 - avenge something He promised to avenge his father's murder.
他发誓要报杀父之仇。 - In time, perhaps, these deaths will be avenged.
也许，随着时间的推移，这些死亡事件将会得到报应。 - They were out to avenge last season’s defeat.
他们要为上赛季的失利报仇。 - avenge yourself on somebody She was determined to avenge herself on the man who had betrayed her.
她决心向那个负心男人报仇。
Grammar Point avenge / revengeavenge / revengeAvenge is a verb; revenge is (usually) a noun.- People avenge something or avenge themselves on somebody:
- She vowed to avenge her brother’s death.
她发誓要为哥哥之死报仇。 - He later avenged himself on his enemies.
后来他向敌人报了仇。
- She vowed to avenge her brother’s death.
- In more formal or literary English, revenge can also be a verb. People revenge themselves on somebody or are revenged on them (with the same meaning):
- He was later revenged on his enemies.
后来他向敌人报了仇。
- She vowed to revenge her brother’s death.
- He was later revenged on his enemies.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAvenge is used with these nouns as the object:- death
- murder
- wrong
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French avengier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to’) + vengier, from Latin vindicare ‘vindicate’. - avenge something He promised to avenge his father's murder.