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单词 nemesis
释义
nemesis
noun[C]
literary
uk
/ˈnem.ə.sɪs/us
/ˈnem.ə.sɪs/
pluralnemesesuk/ˈnem.ə.siːz/us/ˈnem.ə.siːz/
Someone's nemesis is apersonor thing that is verydifficultfor them todefeat.
劲敌
(acauseof)punishmentordefeatthat isdeservedand cannot beavoided:
报应，天谴；应得的惩罚；不可避免的失败
Thetaxincreasesprovedto be the president'spoliticalnemesis.提高税收让总统自食恶果。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Enemies & rivals
  • adversary
  • antagonist
  • arch-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
(Definition ofnemesisfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnemesis

nemesis
The former is central to both liberalism and democracy; the latter is theirnemesis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thenemesisof the "politics of character" was stagnation, resulting from weakness of will.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The first - our oldnemesis- is how to characterize the relationship between speech and writing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In a sense such theories of post-modernism are thenemesisof comfortable assumptions of the superiority of modern society to its predecessors.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The immoral actions he takes-the minor crimes which hisnemesisblackmails him into committing-are part of a course of conduct that he is morally justified in embarking on.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One speaker referred to an article which suggested that bananas might be mynemesis.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
However, let us, in avoiding thatnemesisin this way, also recognise that wiser counsels exist.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
On that basis,nemesiscan be avoided.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We are suffering now from thenemesisof having for centuries denied political liberty to a people who had been subjected to a military conquest.
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Nemesislimps sternly, if slowly, behind and overtakes in the end.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
A deterrent deters only when the fullnemesisof that deterrent is known and is widely known.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Such hubris will be greeted, as always in the long run, bynemesis.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I had hoped that they would have learnt the lessons from the hubris that brought about thenemesis.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are witnessing arrogance followed bynemesis, because the arrogance has not worked.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In those new circumstances, is it not reasonable that we should have the say-so as to ournemesis?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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