nemesis
n. 公正的懲罰; 天罰; 不可逃避的懲罰; 報應
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...
他認為艾滋病是對我們所有人的懲罰。
Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President's nemesis.
不過迫近的國際收支平衡危機也許是對總統的報應。
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“競爭對手”和過去最中意的目標?
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, the Turtle have grown apart as a family.
在擊敗舊時強敵後, 忍者神龜們雖然仍是一家,感情上卻出現了隔閡.
There squatted my hated nemesis, Bogy, tied to a post.
我的死敵博吉蜷縮在那兒, 被拴在一根柱子上.
To follow the proposed course of action is to invite nemesis.
按照別人建議的行動步驟而行動就是自找報應.
The venture involved intrigue, lies, nemesis — and no end of a lesson.
這場冒險包含了陰謀詭計, 謊言, 不可避免的結果—以及沒有結束的一個教訓.