comeuppance

英 [kʌmˈʌpəns]

美 [kʌmˈʌpəns]

n.  报应; 应得的惩罚

复数：comeuppances　

BNC.38852 / COCA.27182

牛津词典

noun

• 报应；应得的惩罚
  a punishment for sth bad that you have done, that other people feel you really deserve
  1. I was glad to see that the bad guy got his comeuppance at the end of the movie.
     我高兴地看到那个坏蛋在电影的结尾受到了应有的惩罚。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 应得的惩罚;报应
  If you say that someone has got theircomeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
  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。

英英释义

noun

• an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
  Synonym:desertscomeupance

双语例句

• In his fictions, the destiny is represented by the mysterious nature, the decidability and comeuppance, contingency and coincidence, instinct and desire.
  在他的小说中，命运以神秘的大自然、遗传与因果报应、偶然与巧合、本能与欲念的形式表现出来。
• Scientific scandals, which are as old as science itself, tend to follow similar patterns of hubris and comeuppance.
  科学丑闻与科学一样长久，往往是相似的傲慢，且最终要受到惩罚。
• Lord Desai is not alone in sensing some sort of moral comeuppance.
  德赛勋爵并不是唯一感觉到某种道德因果的人。
• He got the comeuppance he deserved, nothing more nor less.
  他得到了他该得的责罚，不多不少。
• At the same time, conflict and fusion between the Buddhist comeuppance theory and the traditional retributive view in China are analyzed when Buddhism was prosperous in Tang and Song.
  中国传统的善恶报应观与佛教的因果报应说即有相似处又有明显的差别。
• The fourth chapter studies the stories of weird monk, sutra adoration and comeuppance in Tai Ping Guang Ji.
  第四章是对《太平广记》中的异僧、佛经崇拜和因果报应故事进行探讨。
• 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。
• And you're thinking-at last, they get their comeuppance.
  你或许在想，他们总算是罪有应得了。
• The analysis of comeuppance should not be confined to religious angle, but from the historical and development angle.
  对因果报应观念的文本分析，不应局限于宗教角度，而应取历史的发展的角度。
• But the odds are that the comeuppance can be delayed.
  不过债市应得的惩罚可能会延迟到来。