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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Those two sunny cities were the twin epicenters of the condo boom, so maybe their comeuppance was to be expected.
这两个城市的繁华公寓地段都遭受了双重冲击，所以这种恶劣的状况也在预料之中。
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。
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。