Word · Frequency #19144
Fully loadedavenge
报仇；报复
to take revenge for a wrong or injury
- 1.
To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- 2.
To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
为...报复；报仇
In use
He vowed to avenge his brother's death.
The team avenged their earlier loss by winning the final match.
She spent years planning how to avenge the insult to her family.
avenge sb/sth
avenge 是及物动词，宾语可以是受害者也可是所受的伤害。
She wanted to avenge her father's death.
她想为父亲的死报仇。
avenge oneself on/upon sb
表示“向某人报复”时须用 avenge oneself on/upon sb，不能说 avenge on sb。
He avenged himself on the people who had betrayed him.
他向那些背叛他的人报了仇。
Verb forms
base avenge · third person avenges · -ing avenging · past avenged · past participle avenged
及物动词，宾语常指受伤害的人或事；可说 avenge sb/sth。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- avenge a wrong
- 为所遭受的不公报仇
- She was determined to avenge the wrong done to her family.她决心为家人遭受的不公报仇。
- avenge a death
- 为…的死报仇
- The warrior swore to avenge his brother's death.这位战士发誓要为兄弟的死报仇。
- avenge an insult
- 为受辱雪耻
- He challenged the knight to a duel to avenge the insult.他向那名骑士提出决斗，以雪受辱之耻。
- avenge oneself on someone
- 向某人报仇
- He spent years planning how to avenge himself on his rivals.他花了好几年谋划如何向对手报仇。
Idioms & figurative uses
- an avenging angel
- 复仇天使；复仇者She became an avenging angel in the fight against corruption.在反腐败斗争中，她成了复仇天使。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 revenge（报复）去掉 re 就是 avenge；想象受害者说“我一定要 avenge”，把委屈化作行动。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学或正式叙述、新闻报道 avenge 多用于正式或书面语，比较常见于文学、历史或新闻报道中；日常口语中更常用 get revenge 或 take revenge。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 avenge /əˈvendʒ/ 押韵的词：revenge /rɪˈvendʒ/。注意：change、range、strange、arrange 虽都以 -ange 结尾，但读 /eɪndʒ/，不押韵；orange 重音和元音不同，也不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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