avenging

[US]/ə'vendʒiŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 復仇的
v. 爲…報復
Word Forms
現在分詞avenging

Example Sentences

avenging a loved one's death

爲所愛之人報仇

Real-world Examples

I vow to avenge my wife's death.

我誓言要爲妻子之死報仇。

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

Macduff, of course, wishes to avenge his family's death.

麥克德夫當然想爲他家人的死報仇。

Source: Appreciation of English Poetry

Their big worry was how to keep Georgian Dream loyalists, perhaps backed by Russia, from avenging defeat with violence.

他們巨大的擔心是如何防止可能得到俄羅斯支持的格魯吉亞之夢黨的擁護者以暴力報復戰敗。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

So hamlet has to avenge his father by killing his stepfather slash uncle.

所以哈姆雷特要爲他的父親復仇,殺死他的繼父,也就是他的叔叔。

Source: American English dialogue

A reluctant Galadriel faces the prospect of relinquishing her quest to avenge her brother's death.

不情願的凱蘭崔爾公主面臨着放棄爲哥哥報仇的境況。

Source: Selected English short passages

In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion.

他們到處奔亂跑,企圖以閒聊和亂竄來擺脫無聊對他們的報復,但這是徒勞的。

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Four (Translation)

And so it's not such a stretch to wonder if Paul avenged his wife's death by killing Martha for blackmailing them.

推測是Paul爲他妻子的死報仇而殺了Martha也不誇張,因爲Martha勒索過他們。

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

His struggles were desperate, but the avenging hands held him as in a vice.

他的掙扎是絕望的, 但那雙復仇的手卻像虎鉗一樣抓住了他。

Source: Magician

One day, my lady, I will avenge our king.

總有一天 小姐 我會爲國王報仇雪恨。

Source: Game of Thrones Season 4

I wished to see him again so that I could avenge the deaths of William and Justine.

我希望再次見到他, 以便爲威廉和賈斯汀的死報仇。

Source: Frankenstein (Black Cat)

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