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nemesis

英 [ˈneməsɪs]

美 [ˈneməsɪs]

n.  报应; 应得的惩罚; 不可避免的失败

GRE

BNC.24549 / COCA.15405

牛津词典

    noun

    • 报应;应得的惩罚;不可避免的失败
      punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided

      柯林斯词典

      • N-UNCOUNT 天谴;报应
        Thenemesisof a person or thing is a situation, event, or person which causes them to be seriously harmed, especially as a punishment.
        1. He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis...
          他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
        2. Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President's nemesis.
          不过迫近的国际收支平衡危机也许是对总统的报应。

      英英释义

      noun

      双语例句

      • Was he aiming at Bryant, his old nemesis and a favorite target in the past?
        他是不是暗指科比,一直的竞争对手和过去最中意的目标?
      • Now I know what you're thinking, but I'm no hero. ( Laughter) I carried my payload back downstairs where I met my nemesis and the precious dog by the front door.
        我知道你在想什么,我算不上英雄。(笑声)我带着分给我的任务下楼,在前门遇见那位早我五秒的先生和他救出的那条狗。
      • Does she is my nemesis?
        她是我的克星?
      • There squatted my hated nemesis, Bogy, tied to a post.
        我的死敌博吉蜷缩在那儿,被拴在一根柱子上。
      • The tax increases proved to be the president's political nemesis at the following election.
        增加赋税终于使总统在下届选举时得到政治上的报应。
      • Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President's nemesis.
        不过迫近的国际收支平衡危机也许是对总统的报应。
      • I want him in the nemesis program.
        我要用他仇女神。
      • Nemesis and Oblivion make perfect partners and earn a place at number one in our countdown.
        “复仇女神”与“湮没”的搭档如此完美,从而在我们的统计排名中赢得了头把交椅。
      • Some think of standards as their nemesis.
        有一些对标准的考虑。
      • Such ideological hubris contributed to the market fundamentalism that led to financial nemesis in 2008.
        这种意识形态上的自大,助长了市场原教旨主义,后者则招致了2008年金融危机的报复。