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美[kʌm\'ʌpəns]
中文词源
comeuppance 报应
来自短语come up。
用法例句
- Almost everyone gets their comeuppance in the end .
- 几乎每个人最终都会得到应有的报应。
- More broadly , though , is texas getting an inevitable comeuppance ?
- 可是,更广泛来讲,德州是否得到了注定的报应?
- The wicked get their comeuppance and the starving their banquets .
- 坏人们得到应得的惩罚,贫穷的人们被宴请。
- But if a crime against fashion is the only comeuppance I get from writing the article , I consider myself lucky .
- 不过如果我写这篇文章所得的报应只是违反时尚的犯罪的话,我觉得自己很幸运。
- It closes with gekko getting his comeuppance , and justice served thanks to the diligence of the securities and exchange commission .
- 故事结束时盖科得到了自己的报应,多亏了证券及交易委员会的勤勉,正义得到伸张。