avenge /əˈvendʒ/ vt.& vi. 因为（受到伤害或冤屈而）报复；为（受害人，含冤者）报仇，雪耻；报复：his determination to avenge the murder of his brother他要报杀兄之仇的决心we must avenge our dead.我们必须为死去的人报仇。She avenged her mother's death upon the murderer.他惩处了凶手, 为母亲报了仇。