revenge
revenge — 名詞
1. the act of hurting or causing trouble for someone who has hurt you or someone cl
報復
因受害而報復對方的行為
the act of hurting or causing trouble for someone who has hurt you or someone close to you, done as a form of payback
After Jason's bike was stolen by a neighbor, he planned his revenge carefully.
Jason 的腳踏車被鄰居偷走後，他開始仔細策劃他的報復行動。
collocation: plan revenge
Lotte did not want revenge on her cheating partner; she just wanted to leave the situation behind.
Lotte 並不想要報復她那欺騙她的伴侶；她只想離開那個局面，繼續前進。
pattern: revenge on [someone]
Zayd's revenge attacks against the rival family continued long after the original insult was forgotten.
Zayd 對競爭家族的報復攻擊，在最初的那樁冒犯早已被遺忘之後仍持續不斷。
modifier: revenge attacks
Years after the argument, Anthony still wanted revenge on his former business partner.
爭執多年之後，Anthony 仍然想對他以前的生意夥伴進行報復。
- seek revenge
- get revenge
- take revenge
- dream of revenge
- thirst for revenge
- revenge attack
- act of revenge
- revenge on
- revenge for
- vengeance
stronger, more emotional, and often implies moral justification; 'vengeance' suggests righteous punishment while 'revenge' is more personal and neutral
- retribution
more formal and impersonal; often suggests punishment coming from an authority or cosmic justice rather than from the victim
- retaliation
focuses on responding in kind, especially in workplace, political, or military contexts; less emotional than revenge
- forgiveness
the choice to let go of the desire to hurt someone back
- mercy
showing kindness instead of punishing someone who has wronged you
文法句型
revenge on/against [someone]
用法筆記
Nearly always uncountable; when used as a countable noun (e.g., 'a revenge'), it sounds literary or dated. The common patterns are 'get revenge on [someone]', 'take revenge on [someone]', and 'seek revenge for [something]'.
常見錯誤
a saying that revenge is more satisfying when it is carried out long after the original wrong, giving the person time to plan carefully
復仇要冷，遲來報復最痛快
The old man smiled and said, 'Revenge is a dish best served cold — I've been waiting twenty years for this moment.'
Lucía laughed when she heard the news and told her brother, 'Revenge is a dish best served cold — your old boss just got what was coming to him.'
revenge — 動詞
- revengepresent simple I / you / we / they
- revenges3rd person singular
- revenging-ing form
- revengedpast simple
1. to hurt or cause trouble for someone who has made you suffer, as a way of gettin
報仇
因受害而向對方報仇
to hurt or cause trouble for someone who has made you suffer, as a way of getting back at them
Ife swore she would revenge herself on the people who had wronged her family.
Ife 發誓要向傷害她家人的那些人報仇。
pattern: revenge + reflexive + on
In the old tale, the knight revenged his father's death by defeating the dragon.
在那則古老的故事中，騎士打敗了惡龍，為父親的死報了仇。
pattern: revenge + injury/wrong as object
The general revenged the attack on his camp by burning the enemy supply lines.
將軍焚燒了敵人的補給線，為他的軍營遭受的襲擊報仇。
Aoi revenged herself on the journalist who had lied about her charity work.
Aoi 向那個謊報她慈善事業的記者報了仇。
pattern: revenge + reflexive + on for concrete act
- revenge yourself on
- revenge a wrong
- revenge an insult
- revenge a death
文法句型
revenge + yourself + on + [someone]
revenge + [wrong/injury]
用法筆記
Verb usage of 'revenge' is notably more formal and less common in everyday speech than the noun. Most English speakers use 'take revenge' or 'get revenge' (noun patterns) instead. The verb typically appears in two structures: (1) revenge + oneself + on + someone, or (2) revenge + a wrong or injury done to someone. Distinguish from 'avenge', which is used when punishing a wrong done to someone else, not just to yourself.
常見錯誤
同根字
- revengeful形容詞C1
- revengefully副詞C2
- avenge動詞B2
- avenger名詞C1
- vengeance名詞C1