好的,我们来详细解析英语词汇 "revenge"。
Revenge 主要用作名词和动词,核心含义是:(因自己受到伤害而)报复,复仇。它强调的是一种出于个人恩怨、受到伤害或委屈后,想要惩罚对方的情感或行为。
名词: 指报复的行为或想要报复的欲望。
动词: 指实施报复的行为。
与 "revenge" 相关的另一个词是 "avenge",两者区别在于:
Revenge: 更侧重于个人恩怨,为自身所受的伤害而报复,动机更私人化,有时带有负面情感色彩。
Avenge: 更侧重于伸张正义,为他人(或原则)所受的冤屈而报仇,动机更公正、更崇高。
英式音标: /rɪˈvendʒ/
美式音标: /rɪˈvendʒ/
中文谐音: 瑞"文"之(注意,"venge" 部分发音类似 "文之",而不是"文哥")。
你可以点击这里听发音:Revenge的发音(Youglish)
这是最常见的用法。
结构: revenge for sth / revenge on sb / take revenge / get revenge
例句:
He swore to take revenge on the people who had betrayed him. (他发誓要向背叛他的人复仇。)
The bombing was an act of revenge for the assassination of their leader. (这次轰炸是对他们领袖被暗杀的报复行为。)
She is seeking revenge after her husband's murder. (她在丈夫被谋杀后一直在寻求复仇。)
用法相对正式或文学化,不如名词常见。
结构: revenge oneself on sb / be revenged on sb
例句:
He vowed to revenge himself on his enemies. (他发誓要向他的敌人们报仇。)
She will be revenged on those who ruined her career. (她一定会向那些毁了她事业的人报复。)
take revenge: 报仇
get/have one's revenge: 得以报仇,雪耻
in revenge for sth: 作为对某事的报复
He killed her in revenge for her leaving him. (他杀了她,作为她离开他的报复。)
revenge killing: 仇杀
a revenge tragedy: (文学类型) 复仇悲剧(如莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》)
sweet revenge: 甜蜜的复仇(指复仇成功后的快感)
名词:
The hero's main motivation in the story is revenge. (这个故事中,主角的主要动机是复仇。)
"Revenge is a dish best served cold." (这是一句著名谚语,意为"复仇就像一盘菜,凉了再吃才好吃",比喻报仇不必急于一时,精心策划的复仇更有效。)
He didn't do it for money; he did it for revenge. (他这么做不是为了钱,而是为了报复。)
动词:
Hamlet sought to revenge his father's murder. (哈姆雷特试图为他被谋杀的父亲报仇。)
She planned to revenge herself on the company that had fired her. (她计划向解雇她的那家公司报复。)
"Revenge" 在中文中最直接的翻译是:
报复
复仇
报仇
具体使用哪个词,取决于语境和语气强度。"复仇" 的文学色彩和决心意味更强,"报复" 则更通用。