comeuppance的意思

comeuppance

英式音标[kʌm'ʌpəns]
美式英标[kʌm'ʌp(ə)ns]

基本解释

n. 因果报应，应得的惩罚

中文词源

comeuppance 报应

来自短语come up。

英文词源

comeuppance (n.): also comeupance, 1859, presumably rooted in verbal phrase come up "present oneself for judgment before a tribunal" + -ance.

实用例句

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，最终恶贯满盈。

2. He got his comeuppance when the bully thrashed him.: 他被混混修理是罪有应得.

3. The tyrant President got his comeuppance when his country was invaded and conquered.: 当他的国家被攻克时,那位暴虐的总统得到了他应得的惩罚.

4. Well done old bean , another blighter gets his comeuppance , well done.: 干的漂亮, 又一个家伙得到了报应, 实在是漂亮.

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