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comeuppance [ˌkʌmˈʌpəns]

n. 应得的惩罚,因果报应;

例句:

  • It is time some of these self-righteous rent-a-gob organisations got their comeuppance.
    来自THETIMES
  • 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 tyrant President got his comeuppance when his country was invaded and conquered.
    当他的国家被攻克时,那位暴虐的总统得到了他应得的惩罚.
  • They will enjoy the sight of a cheat getting his comeuppance.
    来自THETIMES
  • There's no investigation, no comeuppance.
    来自WSJ