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Nemesis Nemesis Invite Word Problems Person 英 Neməsɪs] 美

英语单词 nemesis
英美音标 英 ['neməsɪs] 美 ['neməsɪs]
中文释义 n.不可避免的报应
Nemesis.
n.[希神]复仇女神
英语例句 (1) To follow the proposed course of action is to invite nemesis.
(2) You can't do as you want relying on power, or you may invite a nemesis.
中文例句 (1) 按照别人建议的行动步骤而行动就是自找报应。
(2) 你们不能怙恃权势就为所欲为,小心遭报应。
vocabulary简明 Use the word nemesis to describe someone or something that always causes you major problems, like the runner on another school's track team who, for years, has been beating your time by a fraction of a second.
vocabulary扩展 The word nemesis describes a rival who just somehow seems able to get the best of you. It can be someone you compete against, someone whose skills are nearly identical to yours and yet, your nemesis always seems to finish ahead of you, get a higher grade, and generally make you feel flustered. Nemesis can also refer to something that always causes you problems, like public speaking, the nemesis of those who get tongue-tied when nervous.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]天谴;报应 The nemesis of a person or thing is a situation, event, or person which causes them to be seriously harmed, especially as a punishment.
  [oft with poss]
  • 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。

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