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

• 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 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。
• He got his comeuppance when the bully thrashed him.
  他被混混修理是罪有应得。
• 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。
• He got the comeuppance he deserved, nothing more nor less.
  他得到了他该得的责罚，不多不少。
• To research the great virtue of struggling for truth in chinese splendid culture and the wildly accepted thoery of comeuppance;
  研究剧中所反映出来的中华民族优秀文化中舍生取义的崇高美德及人们所普遍信仰的因果报应说；
• If you have been unscrupulous or overly egotistical and selfish in your pursuits, you are likely to get your comeuppance now.
  如果你在奋斗的时候一直都是毫无顾忌，或过分地自私任性，现在你很有可能得到应有的惩罚。
• This kind of "comeuppance" has no place in a loving relationship.
  这种类的“应得的惩罚”没有在一深情的之间的关系中的地方。
• 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。
• 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。