avenge /s'ven6z; a'vcnds/ vt [VP6A, 14] get or take vengeance for: 為…報仇; 報復(fù)： ~ an insult; 為受辱而報復(fù); ~ oneself /be ~d on an enemy (for an injury, etc). (為傷害等)向仇敵報復(fù)。 He ~d his father's death upon the murderer, punished the murderer. 他報了殺父之仇(即已懲兇)。 avenger n