[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]报仇；报复Revenge involves hurting or punishing someone who has hurt or harmed you.
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The attackers were said to be taking revenge on the 14-year-old, claiming he was a school bully...
据说，这些攻击者是在报复这个14岁的孩子，说他是学校的小霸王。
The killings were said to have been in revenge for the murder of her lover.
据说，她杀人是为了替她被害的情人报仇。
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[VERB 动词]向…报仇；报复 If you revenge yourself on someone who has hurt you, you hurt them in return.
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The Sunday Mercury accused her of trying to revenge herself on her former lover...
《星期日信使报》指责她企图报复她以前的情人。
...the relatives of murdered villagers wanting to revenge the dead.
想要为死者报仇的被害村民的亲属
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re·venge/rɪˈvendʒ; NAmErɪˈvendʒ/
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revengerevengesrevengedrevengingnoun[uncountable ]1something that you do in order to make sb suffer because they have made you suffer 报复；报仇◆He swore to take (his) revenge onhis political enemies. 他发誓要报复他的政敌。◆She is seeking revenge forthe murder of her husband. 丈夫遭到谋杀，她在寻找机会报仇。◆The bombing was in revenge forthe assassination. 爆炸事件是对暗杀行为的报复。◆an act of revenge报复行动◆revenge attacks/killings报复性的进攻╱杀戮2( sport 体) the defeat of a person or team that defeated you in a previous game （曾经失败一方的）雪耻，打败对手◆The team wanted to get revenge for their defeat earlier in the season.球队想要为这个赛季早先的失败雪耻。verbPHRASAL VERBreˈvenge yourself on sb | be reˈvenged on sb( literary) to punish or hurt sb because they have made you suffer 报复；向（某人）报仇◆She vowed to be revenged on them all.她发誓一定要报复他们所有的人。☞note at
1something you do in order to punish someone who has harmed or offended yourevenge for She wanted revenge for the insult.revenge against/on At his wife’s funeral, he vowed revenge against her killer.in revenge for something a bomb attack in revenge for the imprisonment of the terrorists2the defeat of someone who has previously defeated you in a sportrevenge for The Australians took revenge for their defeat here last time. a revenge match—revengeful adjectiveCOLLOCATIONSverbstake revenge· He dreamed of taking revenge on his father’s killers.get (your) revenge· Louise eventually got her revenge by reporting him to the immigration service.have your revenge· One day I’ll have my revenge.seek revenge· They play two women who seek revenge on their former partners.want revenge· You broke her heart and now she wants revenge.exact/wreak revenge formal (=take revenge)· He was exacting revenge on society.vow revenge (=promise to take revenge)· His supporters vowed revenge for his death.adjectivesa terrible/awful revenge· Caesar returned to Rome to exact a terrible revenge.revenge + NOUNa revenge attack· The camp was burned down, apparently in a revenge attack.a revenge killing· Her death was followed by a series of revenge killings.phrasesan act of revenge· The men were shot dead in an act of revenge for Khan’s assassination.revenge is sweet (=said when someone feels good because they have got revenge)· It took me a long time, but revenge is sweet.
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formal to punish someone who has done something to harm you or someone elserevenge yourself on somebody The terrorist group is still looking to revenge itself on its attackers. The poor murdered girl must be revenged.
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