U 报复，报仇punishment given to sb in return for harm done to oneself

　bloody ～　血腥的报复
　desperate ～　拼死的报复
　wild ～　疯狂的复仇

　I'll have my revenge on you for this.　这件事我会找你算账的。
　They took a terrible revenge on the people of the village.　他们对村民们进行了恐怖的报复。

　vt.　报仇；报复 do sth to get satisfaction for an offence, etc. to oneself or another

　～ a wrong　申冤雪耻
　～ directly　直接报复
　～ ingeniously　巧妙地报仇
　～ logically　合逻辑地报复
　～ passionately　强烈地感情报复
　～ secretly　暗地里报复
　～ swiftly　迅速地报复
　～ on the enemy　向敌人报仇
　～ wrong with wrong　以牙还牙

　He revenged his dead brother.　他为死去的兄弟报仇。
　He revenged his father's murder.　他报了杀父之仇。
　He said he would revenge that insult some day.　他说总有一天他要雪那次受辱之耻。
　He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.　他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。

 ♣ revenge on〔upon〕　(v.+prep.)
　惩处，报仇　repay a crime by punishing the criminal
　We resolved to revenge ourselves on him.　我们决计向他报仇。
　He revenged himself on the murderer.　他向凶手报仇。
　The cat revenged itself on the teasing boy by scratching him.　那猫向逗弄它的男孩报复，将他抓伤。
　Hamlet revenged his father's death on his uncle.　哈姆雷特向他的叔叔报了杀父之仇。

 ♣ revenge, avenge
　这组词的共同意思是“报复”。其区别是：
1. avenge和revenge都可用于为自己所受的伤害而报仇， avenge还可指为别人所受的伤害而报仇。
2. revenge多出于利己的动机，而非出于利他的动机；avenge多出于正义的动机，是高尚的用语。
3. avenge强调“惩罚”，而revenge强调“报复”“出气”，惩罚意义较淡。
4. avenge强调为受冤屈者或受害者等报仇。此举虽出于个人行为，然而是匡扶正义，而对方罪有应得。revenge强调对个人所受的冤屈予以报复，实施报复者多是受害者本身，但有时并非出于正义，此种冤屈可能实有其事，但也可能出于猜测，或个人私怨。
5. avenge只可用作动词，而revenge却可用作动词或名词。

　［词源］古法语revenger<后期拉丁语revindicare（报仇，报复，替…报仇）