nemesis
英 [ˈneməsɪs]
美 [ˈneməsɪs]
n. 报应; 应得的惩罚; 不可避免的失败
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.- He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis...
他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。 - 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。
- He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis...
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- We would have ended the season without a defeat if not for our old nemesis, Greeley High.
如果不是遇到了我们难以对付的老对手&格里利中学，这一季我们就不会打败仗了。 - Does she is my nemesis?
她是我的克星？ - But she's obviously in love with our nemesis.
不过她显然爱上了我们的对手。 - It is fair to say Chelsea are Tottenham's nemesis in the Premiership.
如果说在英超联赛中切尔西是托特纳姆热刺的克星，这听起来一点也不为过。 - Follow this line of reasoning, however, and you will soon meet your nemesis: scope creep.
然而，照这个逻辑推理下去，你很快会受到惩罚：项目范围蔓延。 - Lex isn't your nemesis.
莱克斯不是你的复仇对象。 - 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。 - Nemesis, why don't you put Taurus in front of me and let me break its horn?
复仇女神，你为什么不把那头金牛再带到我面前，让我折断她的牛角！ - 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。 - Inward suffering is the worst of Nemesis. The fear of punishment remains as to its substance.
内心的痛苦是最厉害的惩罚。对惩罚的恐惧仍是其核心问题。