nemesis

['nɛməsɪs]

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※ 提供单词"nemesis"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

nemesis 报应，应得的惩罚

来自希腊语Nemesis,复仇女神，来自PIE*nem,分配，给予，词源同number,nomad.引申词义给予应有的惩罚和报应。

nemesis: nemesis: see nomad
nemesis: 1570s, Nemesis, "Greek goddess of vengeance, personification of divine wrath," from Greek nemesis "just indignation, righteous anger," literally "distribution" (of what is due), related to nemein "distribute, allot, apportion one's due," from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot, to take" (cognates: Old English, Gothic niman "to take," German nehmen; see nimble). With a lower-case -n-, in the sense of "retributive justice," attested from 1590s. General sense of "anything by which it seems one must be defeated" is 20c.

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2. To follow the proposed course of action is to invite nemesis.: 按照别人建议的行动步骤而行动就是自找报应.

5. Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President's nemesis.: 不过迫近的国际收支平衡危机也许是对总统的报应。