| 词汇 | avenging |
| 释义 | avenging present participle ofavenge avenge verb[ T ] formaluk /əˈvendʒ/ us /əˈvendʒ/ to do harm to or punish the person responsible for something bad done to you or your family or friends in order to achieve a fair situation: 报…之仇，报复;为…雪耻，替…报仇 He swore he would avenge his brother's death.他发誓要报杀兄之仇。 She determined to avenge herself on the killer.她决心要让凶手血债血偿。 At the end of the film, the murderer is killed by his victim's avenging girlfriend.影片的最后，受害者的女友终于报仇雪恨，杀死了凶手。 Synonym revenge Revenge and vengefulness avenge avenger bite bite back (at someone/something) counter-retaliation eye hit medicine mind pay pay someone/something back reprisal retaliate retaliation retaliatory tit for tat two can play at that gameidiom vengeance vengeful vengefully Related wordavenger Examples of avengingavenging In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. If you are to continue avenging every crime, then you will have crime for infinity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Prosecuting counsel is not an avenging angel; he is an instrument of justice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My justice and my avenging fury are even-handed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The selling off of our public enterprises, however, which has led to a disastrously deficient public rapid transit network, is also now avenging itself. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I had to use considerable influence to prevent some of the outraged people avenging themselves upon those two firms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, avenging the dead means more dead, and they then call out to be avenged as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To confound their avenging pursuers, they had split up. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was said to prevent the soul from avenging his death. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Objectives were typically limited to such matters as recovering cattle, avenging some personal insult, or resolving disputes over segments of grazing land. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To confound their avenging pursuers, they split up on the east shore of the lake. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sempronia was alleged by some to have contrived her husband's sudden death, thereby avenging her brothers, but there is no real evidence of her guilt. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After assuming rule over the city and avenging his father's death, the protagonist embarks on a quest to unify the land through conquest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was cast as a sociopathic biker, avenging his buddy's recent death. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The religious farmers, long oppressed by a gang of ex-convicts, begin avenging themselves on anyone who collaborated with the bandits. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the avenging mode, it punishes the individual who knowingly does wrong but refuses to admit that he or she has done so. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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