nemesis
n. 公正的惩罚; 天罚; 不可逃避的惩罚; 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.
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。
1. something causes misery or death;
Was he aiming at Bryant, his old nemesis and a favorite target in the past?
他是不是暗指科比, 一直的“竞争对手”和过去最中意的目标?
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, the Turtle have grown apart as a family.
在击败旧时强敌后, 忍者神龟们虽然仍是一家,感情上却出现了隔阂.
There squatted my hated nemesis, Bogy, tied to a post.
我的死敌博吉蜷缩在那儿, 被拴在一根柱子上.
To follow the proposed course of action is to invite nemesis.
按照别人建议的行动步骤而行动就是自找报应.
The venture involved intrigue, lies, nemesis — and no end of a lesson.
这场冒险包含了阴谋诡计, 谎言, 不可避免的结果—以及没有结束的一个教训.