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avenge 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/əˈvenj/,
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avenged, past participle; avenged, past tense; avenging, present participle; avenges, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another)
    • - his determination to avenge the murder of his brother
    • - they are eager to avenge last year's Super Bowl defeat
  2. Inflict such harm on behalf of (oneself or someone else previously wronged or harmed)
    • - we must avenge our dead
    • - she avenged herself after he broke off their engagement
    • - the warrior swore he would be avenged on their prince
  1. revenge: take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
  2. (avenged) for which vengeance has been taken; "an avenged injury"
  3. A vengeance; a revenge; To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer; To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on
  4. (avengement) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken
  5. To take revenge for somebody else. So to avenge a friend who has been killed would be to kill his killer.
  6. To inflict just punishment in return for something or in behalf of someone.