| 词组 | revenge |
| 释义 | revenge /rɪˈvendʒ/ noun something you do in order to punish someone who has harmed or offended youverbstake revenge He swore to take revenge on his father’s killers.get (your) revenge Louise eventually got her revenge by reporting him to the authorities.have your revenge One day I’ll have my revenge.seek revenge (=try to get revenge) I play the role of a woman who seeks revenge on her former partner.want revenge You broke her heart and now she wants revenge.exact/wreak revenge formal (=take revenge) By planting the bomb, he was exacting revenge on society.vow/swear revenge (=promise to take revenge) His supporters vowed revenge for his death.be looking for revenge (=actively seeking revenge) He knew that Miguel’s brothers would be looking for revenge, so he moved to another city.adjectivesa terrible/awful revenge The king exacted a terrible revenge on the men who had plotted against him.revenge + nounsa 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.prepositionsrevenge for sth She decided to get her revenge for what they had done to her.revenge on sb This was his best chance for revenge on his enemies.revenge against sb/sth He vowed revenge against everyone who had made his life such a misery.in revenge for sth She claimed that she killed her husband in revenge for all that he had done to her.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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