Revenge

Definition

revenge /rÇ'vendʒ/ n ၁။ [U] (က) လက္စားေခ်ျခင္း။ လက္တံု႔ျပန္ ျခင္း။ an act of revenge ❍ He swore to take his revenge on/ against their families. ❍ The policemen were apparently killed in revenge for the attack on demonstrators last week. (ခ) လက္စားေခ်လိုျခင္း။ done in the spirit of revenge. ၂။ [U] ( sport ) ကလဲ့စားေခ်ျခင္း။ England beat Belgium 2-1, exacting revenge for their 6-5 defeat last season. ❍ His opponent was intent on/ thirsting for revenge. v လက္စားေခ်သည္။ လက္တံု႔ျပန္သည္။ ❏ revengeful /-fl/ adj လက္စားေခ်လိုစိတ္ ျပင္းျပေသာ။ ❏ revenge oneself on sb; be revenged on sb [ PHRV ] ရာဇဝင္ေႂကြးဆပ္သည္။

Examples

1. Revenge was a possible motive for the attack.
2. [revenge for] : I wanted revenge for the trouble she had caused.
3. [in revenge (for something)] : He killed the man in revenge for the murder of his sister.
4. [take revenge on/against someone] : The villagers seemed certain to take revenge on the enemy.
5. [have your revenge (on someone)] : He was determined to have his revenge on her one day.
6. A revenge attack/killing
7. The Americans are seeking revenge for their defeat at last year’s championships.