| 词汇 | poetic-justice |
| 释义 | poetic justice noun[ U ] uk /pəʊˌet.ɪk ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/ us /poʊˌet̬.ɪk ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/ an occasion when something bad happens to a person who seems to deserve it, usually because of bad things that person has done: 报应，应得的惩罚 What poetic justice it is that Brady has to go to court to plead to be allowed to die, just like his innocent victims pleaded to be allowed to live.布雷迪不得不上法院恳求被处死，就如同当初无辜的受害者恳求免于一死一样，真是报应。 Justice and fairness all's fair in love and waridiom anti-bias anti-discrimination anti-egalitarian anti-nepotism due process EDI EDIB egalitarian egalitarianism get your just desertsidiom it's a fair copidiom justice justness karma reap sportsman sportsmanlike sportsmanship without fear or favouridiom poetic justice | American Dictionarypoetic justice noun[ U ] us/poʊˌet̬·ɪk ˈdʒʌs·tɪs/ a punishment or a reward that you feel is just, esp. when it is unexpected or unusual Examples of poetic justicepoetic justice Poeticjustice might be served by the denial of resurrection. It would not only be justice but poeticjustice if the assets of those involved in that vile trade were used to reduce it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Maybe there is a kind of poeticjustice in that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is an element of poeticjustice in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps, therefore, one could say that it is poeticjustice that my late noble friend has left me to carry on this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a sense, what we are doing today is only poeticjustice and some kind of compensation for what we have done in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it is a little dangerous to make a forecast about 1970 unless it will be, with poeticjustice, well after 1970 itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It might be poeticjustice if we were to put them out of business legislatively for perhaps a month or even more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Poeticjustice does not often arrive as literally as that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet there is a certain poeticjustice in this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I feel that there is a certain poeticjustice in that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose there is some kind of poeticjustice in this, if television has closed cinemas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be poeticjustice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is known as poeticjustice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, that is merely poeticjustice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of poetic justice 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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