comeuppance 详细解释

comeuppance

[kʌm'ʌpəns]

n.应得的惩罚, 因果报应

n.

【口】报应, 罪有应得

He got his comeuppance when the bully thrashed him.

他被混混修理是罪有应得。

词形变化

形容词: cometary |

词义辨析

同义参见:

punishment  

英英释义

名词 comeuppance:

an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved

同义词:deserts, comeupance

补充

comeuppancecomeuppance英:[kʌmˈʌpəns] 美:[ˌkʌmˈʌpəns]n.1.应得的惩罚,因果报应

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, 最终得到了报应。 2. he got his comeuppance.他得到了应有的惩罚。 3. [mass noun]a dose of comeuppance.一次报应。 4. "One of these days, he'll get his comeuppance for treating people so arrogantly."他待人如此傲慢,总有一天会遭报应的。