comeuppance
英[k?m'?p(?)ns]
美[k?m'?p?ns]
- n. 因果報應，應得的懲罰
中文詞源
comeuppance 報應
來自短語come up。
英文詞源
- comeuppance (n.)
- also comeupance, 1859, presumably rooted in verbal phrase come up "present oneself for judgment before a tribunal" + -ance.
雙語例句
- 1. The central character is a bad man who shoots people and gets his comeuppance.
- 主要人物是一個持槍殺人的壞蛋，最終惡貫滿盈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He got his comeuppance when the bully thrashed him.
- 他被混混修理是罪有應得.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The tyrant President got his comeuppance when his country was invaded and conquered.
- 當他的國家被攻克時,那位暴虐的總統得到了他應得的懲罰.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Well done old bean , another blighter gets his comeuppance , well done.
- 干的漂亮, 又一個家伙得到了報應, 實在是漂亮.
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