revenge

• n. 報復; 復讐
• vt.復讐する；仇を討つ；清める
• vi.復讐する

re-、強調、-veng、復讐、語源は avenge、復讐と同じ。

revenge

revenge: see vindicate

revenge (v.)

late 14c., from Old French revengier, variant of revenchier "take revenge, avenge" (13c., Modern French revancher), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + vengier "take revenge," from Latin vindicare "to lay claim to, avenge, punish" (see vindicate).

To avenge is "to get revenge" or "to take vengeance"; it suggests the administration of just punishment for a criminal or immoral act. Revenge seems to stress the idea of retaliation a bit more strongly and implies real hatred as its motivation. ["The Columbia Guide to Standard American English," 1993]

revenge (n.)

1540s, from Middle French revenge, back-formation from revengier (see revenge (v.)).

1. There are few things quite as sweet as revenge .

復讐ほど爽快なことはほとんどない。

2.She took revenge on her ex-boyfriend by smashing up his home.

復讐のために元カレの家を壊した。

3.She uses the media to help her exact a terrible revenge .

彼女はメディアを利用して自分の恐ろしい復讐を助ける。

4.People should understand how thirsty for revenge they are.

人々は彼らの復讐の願望がいかに強いかを理解しなければならない。

5.They were meditating revenge .

彼らは報復を企んでいる。