comeuppance
英 [kʌm'ʌp(ə)ns]
美[kʌm'ʌpəns]
- n. 因果报应，应得的惩罚
中文词源
comeuppance 报应
来自短语come up。
英文词源
- comeuppance (n.)
- also comeupance, 1859, presumably rooted in verbal phrase come up "present oneself for judgment before a tribunal" + -ance.
双语例句
- 1. The central character is a bad man who shoots people and gets his comeuppance.
- 主要人物是一个持枪杀人的坏蛋，最终恶贯满盈。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He got his comeuppance when the bully thrashed him.
- 他被混混修理是罪有应得.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The tyrant President got his comeuppance when his country was invaded and conquered.
- 当他的国家被攻克时,那位暴虐的总统得到了他应得的惩罚.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Well done old bean , another blighter gets his comeuppance , well done.
- 干的漂亮, 又一个家伙得到了报应, 实在是漂亮.
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