avenges

英 [əˈvendʒɪz]

美 [əˈvendʒɪz]

v.  报(某事)之仇; 向(某人)报仇
avenge的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 报…之仇；雪…之耻
  If youavengea wrong or harmful act, you hurt or punish the person who is responsible for it.
  1. He has devoted the past five years to avenging his daughter's death...
     他过去5年一心报丧女之仇。
  2. She had decided to avenge herself and all the other women he had abused.
     她决定为自己和所有其他被他侮辱的女性报仇。

双语例句

• For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
  因为那讨罚流人血之罪的、他记挂着无辜人；他忘不了困苦人的哀叫。
• Under the male pseudonym "George Eliot", she avenges the patriarchal society by depicting the male characters in her novel as moral weaklings. Women in her work walk as a superior being.
  在乔治·爱略特这个男性化的笔名下，她将其作品中的男性人物刻画成道德力量薄弱的人，以对男权社会进行批判。