comeuppance

英 [kʌmˈʌpəns]

美 [kʌmˈʌpəns]

n.  报应; 应得的惩罚

复数：comeuppances　

BNC.38852 / COCA.27182

牛津词典

noun

• 报应；应得的惩罚
  a punishment for sth bad that you have done, that other people feel you really deserve
  1. I was glad to see that the bad guy got his comeuppance at the end of the movie.
     我高兴地看到那个坏蛋在电影的结尾受到了应有的惩罚。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 应得的惩罚;报应
  If you say that someone has got theircomeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
  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。

英英释义

noun

• an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
  Synonym:desertscomeupance

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