comeuppance

comeuppance

美 [ˌkʌmˈʌpəns] 　英 [kʌmˈʌpəns]

• n.报应；应得的惩罚
• 网络天有眼；罪有应得；演奏曲

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This kind of "comeuppance" has no place in a loving relationship.

这种“惩罚”在相爱的关系中没有位置。

Those two sunny cities were the twin epicenters of the condo boom, so maybe their comeuppance was to be expected.

这两个城市的繁华公寓地段都遭受了双重冲击，所以这种恶劣的状况也在预料之中。

In a nutshell, I get my comeuppance; much of the book is about my decision to retreat (but only partially) from the strict immigrant model.

简言之，我得到了应有的报应；书中相当部分讲的是我决定放弃（但并不是完全放弃）那种严格的移民教育模式。

More than two years after stories of expense-fiddling first disgraced Parliament, guilty parties are still receiving their comeuppance.

距令议会首次蒙羞的“骗补门”两年后，犯罪当事人还是遭到了报应。

Those wronged on this earth cannot, on a scientific view, anticipate a sweet comeuppance for their tormentors in a life to come.

从科学的观点看，这个世界上被损害的人，无法期待伤害到他们的人来世会遭到大快人心的因果报应。

Is there such a thing as relationship comeuppance?

在人与人的关系之间是否也存在着因果报应？

IS THE most powerful and controversial firm on Wall Street about to get the comeuppance that so many think it deserves?

华尔街上这家最强大也最富争议的公司，是否将受到人们认为理应的惩罚？

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。

lt was our fault. We went against nature and this was our comeuppance.

是我们的错，我们与自然法则对抗，这就是业报

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？

They wanted the swaggering , braying bully to get his comeuppance.

他们希望张牙舞爪、到处大吼的恶棍得到应得的惩罚。

On a day of royal comeuppance, 19 of Mr Musharraf's former ministers lost their seats.

在这个王室遭受惩罚的一天，穆沙拉夫的19位前部长都丢掉了金饭碗。

One day I had my comeuppance. A letter arrived from the New York State Board of Law Examiners notifying me that I failed the Bar exam.

一天我得到了应受的惩罚。来自纽约州法律考试委员会的信函对我没有通过律师考试进行了通报。

In general, the witch, the wolf, get their comeuppance.

一般来说说，巫婆，狼会得到他们的报应。

"They are getting their comeuppance, " says one rival.

一家竞争对手表示：“是他们受到惩罚的时候了。”

And you're thinking - at last, they get their comeuppance.

你或许在想，他们总算是罪有应得了。

American TV crews rushed to Libya to witness the wicked colonel get his comeuppance. None went to Bahrain or Yemen.

美国电视工作人员蜂拥至利比亚亲眼目睹这个恶人上校的因果报应，没有谁会去巴林岛和也门。

I love seeing arrogant USA get it's comeuppance.

很高兴看到美国终于恶有恶报。

Almost everyone gets their comeuppance in the end.

几乎每个人最终都会得到应有的报应。

One of the most powerful scenes in the film occurs when the Emperor metes out a particularly cruel comeuppance to someone,

影片中最震撼的场面之一就是大王非常残忍地惩罚了一些人，

"It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" (Judith Crist)

“这是对危险的兄弟关系反击的机会，为过去评价的罪恶给出每人应得的惩罚”（朱迪思·克里斯特）

The goblin Griphook (Warwick Davis, at right) gets his comeuppance in Deathly Hallows Part 2

妖精拉环（沃里克.戴维斯饰演，右侧那位）在《死亡圣器2》中得到了应有的报应。

Everything goes around a comeuppance

任何事都有因果报应