单词 | nemesis |
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音标 | [ni'misis] |
解释 | n. 报应,天罚 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 报应,天罚(an agent or act of retribution) 【记】 来自希腊神话中的复 仇女神Nemesis |
字源 | nemesis 1570s, Nemesis, "Greek goddess of vengeance, personification of divine wrath," from Greek nemesis "just indignation, righteous anger," literally "distribution" (of what is due), related to nemein "distribute, allot, apportion one's due," from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot, to take" (cognates: Old English, Gothic niman "to take," German nehmen; see nimble). With a lower-case -n-, in the sense of "retributive justice," attested from 1590s. General sense of "anything by which it seems one must be defeated" is 20c. |
不择手段背单词 | n. (体现公正的)报应, 天罚 【记】来自希腊神话中的复仇女神Nemesisne你, me我, sis总要死一个: 因为受到了天罚 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】enemy + 死 敌人,仇敌死;音:你们谁死?复仇女神说:反正都得死,你们说谁先死?希腊神话中的复仇女神,报应女神Nemesis |
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