| 词汇 | nemesis |
| 释义 | nemesis noun[ C ] literaryuk /ˈnem.ə.sɪs/ us /ˈnem.ə.sɪs/pluralnemesesuk /ˈnem.ə.siːz/ us /ˈnem.ə.siːz/ Someone's nemesis is a person or thing that is very difficult for them to defeat.劲敌 (a cause of) punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided: 报应，天谴；应得的惩罚；不可避免的失败 The tax increases proved to be the president's political nemesis.提高税收让总统自食恶果。 Enemies & rivals adversary antagonist arch-enemy deadly enemy enemy foe frenemy opponent rival scalp sworn enemy them them and usidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Failures Difficult things and people Examples of nemesisnemesis The former is central to both liberalism and democracy; the latter is their nemesis. The nemesis of the "politics of character" was stagnation, resulting from weakness of will. The first - our old nemesis - is how to characterize the relationship between speech and writing. In a sense such theories of post-modernism are the nemesis of comfortable assumptions of the superiority of modern society to its predecessors. The immoral actions he takes-the minor crimes which his nemesis blackmails him into committing-are part of a course of conduct that he is morally justified in embarking on. One speaker referred to an article which suggested that bananas might be my nemesis. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English However, let us, in avoiding that nemesis in this way, also recognise that wiser counsels exist. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English On that basis, nemesis can be avoided. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are suffering now from the nemesis of having for centuries denied political liberty to a people who had been subjected to a military conquest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nemesis limps sternly, if slowly, behind and overtakes in the end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A deterrent deters only when the full nemesis of that deterrent is known and is widely known. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such hubris will be greeted, as always in the long run, by nemesis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had hoped that they would have learnt the lessons from the hubris that brought about the nemesis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are witnessing arrogance followed by nemesis, because the arrogance has not worked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In those new circumstances, is it not reasonable that we should have the say-so as to our nemesis? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of nemesis These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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