comeuppance

• n. 因果报应，应得的惩罚

来自短语come up。

comeuppance (n.)

also comeupance, 1859, presumably rooted in verbal phrase come up "present oneself for judgment before a tribunal" + -ance.

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He got his comeuppance when the bully thrashed him.

他被混混修理是罪有应得.

来自辞典例句

3. 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.

来自辞典例句

4. Well done old bean , another blighter gets his comeuppance , well done.

干的漂亮, 又一个家伙得到了报应, 实在是漂亮.

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