avenge
verb (formal)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。
- 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。
- She vowed to revenge her brother’s death.
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