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

• something causing misery or death
  1. the bane of my life
  Synonym:banecursescourge

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Does she is my nemesis?
  她是我的克星？
• Walters will face his great rival and nemesis in friday's match.
  星期五的比赛中沃尔特斯将面对他最强劲的对手和克星。
• Lex isn't your nemesis.
  莱克斯不是你的复仇对象。
• Don't let jealousy be your nemesis.
  不要让妒忌占领你的头脑。
• The academic foundation of the criminal record institution is the inherent unification of Nemesis foundation and utilitarian target.
  前科制度的理论根据是报应根据和功利目标的内在统一。
• I want him in the nemesis program.
  我要用他仇女神。
• His disfigured face was like some avenging nemesis of gargoyle design.
  他那张破了相的脸，活象面目狰狞的复仇之神。