nemesis
美音:
[´neməsıs
]英音:
[´neməsıs
]n.报应,复仇女神
难易程度:
nemesis为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:nemeses
近义词, 同义词
nemesis
/'neməsɪs; `nɛməsɪs/
n (pl -eses / -Esi:z; -E9siz/)(usu sing 通常作单数) (fml 文) deserved and unavoidable punishment for wrong doing 报应; 罪有应得的惩罚
*to meet one's nemesis 遭报应.
nemesis
n [singular]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: Nemesis goddess of destruction, from Greek, from nemein 'to give out']
an opponent or enemy that is likely to be impossible for you to defeat, or a situation that is likely to be impossible for you to deal with
meet/face your nemesis
In the final he will meet his old nemesis, Pete Sampras.
literary a punishment that is deserved and cannot be avoided
1. Napoleon crushed many opponents, but Wellington proved to be his nemesis. 拿破仑征服了许多对手,但威灵顿最后成为他的强敌。
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