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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Does she is my nemesis?
  她是我的克星？
• 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。
• He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis
  他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
• As Google matures, is it becoming more and more like its original nemesis?
  随着谷歌日渐成熟壮大，它是否愈来愈像微软了？
• 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。