mass noun
1- 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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- (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。
(revenge oneself 或be revenged)
1- 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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- 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。
短语
revenge is a dish best served （或eaten） cold
- proverb vengeance is often more satisfying if it is not exacted immediately〈谚〉君子报仇, 十年不晚。
派生词
revenger
noun （poetic/literary 〈诗/文〉）词源
late Middle English: from Old French revencher, from late Latin revindicare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + vindicare 'claim, avenge'.