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avenge

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/
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  1. 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.或许,这些死亡最终会得到报应。
    • They were out to avenge last season’s defeat.他们打算为上个赛季的失败报仇。
    • 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 wife’s killers.他后来向杀害他妻子的人报了仇。
      You take revenge on a person.
    • 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 wife’s killers.他后来向杀害他妻子的人报了仇。
      You cannot revenge something:
      • She vowed to revenge her brother’s death.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAvenge is used with these nouns as the object:
    • death
    • murder
    • wrong
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French avengier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to’) + vengier, from Latin vindicare ‘vindicate’.

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