revenge
音标发音
- 英式音标 [rɪ'vendʒrɪ'ven(d)ʒ]
- 美式音标 [rɪˈvɛndʒ]
- 国际音标 [ri'vendʒ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 报复;复仇
- vt. 报复;替…报仇;洗雪
- vi. 报仇;雪耻
词源解说
- 14世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自古法语的revengier,意为报仇。
词根记忆
- re + veng(惩罚) + e→报复,复仇
- re(反) + veng(惩罚) + e→反惩罚→报复
用法辨析
- 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。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- I'll have my revenge on you for this.
这件事我会找你算账的。 - He revenged his dead brother.
他为死去的兄弟报仇。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- bloody revenge 血腥的报复
- desperate revenge 拼死的报复
- wild revenge 疯狂的复仇
- revenge a wrong 申冤雪耻
- revenge directly 直接报复
- revenge ingeniously 巧妙地报仇
- revenge logically 合逻辑地报复
用作名词 (n.)
形容词+~
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
~+副词
英英字典
- harm done to someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to someone else
- to harm someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to you
- Revenge involves hurting or punishing someone who has hurt or harmed you.
- If you revenge yourself on someone who has hurt you, you hurt them in return.