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
- So a sincere and friendly attempt to placate your nemesis may strike him or her as a pleasant surprise.
所以如果以诚意和善意去安抚抱怨者，对他/她来说会是个意外之喜。 - Nemesis studies are a topic to understand destructive tendencies that are held in the karmic systems of non-resonant biology.
死敌研究，是一个来理解在不共振生物体的业力系统中所携带的破坏性倾向的主题。 - 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！ - 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。 - Afterwards, the senator from Arizona paid a visit to the White House to receive an endorsement from his former nemesis, George Bush.
我应该觉得这么翻为好：之后，来自亚利桑那州的这位参议员拜访了白宫，得到了他以前的强劲对手乔治•布什的支持。 - Don't let jealousy be your nemesis.
不要让妒忌占领你的头脑。 - At least he was comforted by the hundreds of fans waiting to watch the production, however, the windows of Giovanni's restaurant were blacked out in order to create a night time scene which means the conversation between Sherlock and his new nemesis was kept under wraps.
但至少他很欣慰，有许多粉丝等待着看拍摄过程，可是为了营造出夜晚的场景，乔瓦尼餐厅的窗子被遮上了，这也就意味着夏洛克和他新对手的具体谈话内容就不得而知了。 - 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。 - Some think of standards as their nemesis.
有一些对标准的考虑。 - 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。