| 单词 | nemesis |
| 释义 | nemesis (nemɪsɪs ) uncountable noun [oft with poss] The nemesis of a person or thing is a situation, event, or person which causes them to be seriously harmed, especially as a punishment. ...Harry Potter's evil nemesis, Voldemort. Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President's nemesis. Collocations: old nemesis But his old nemesis, the putter, ruined it all on his 12th hole, number three on the card since he started on the 10th. Times, Sunday Times Busyness, my old nemesis, kept finding ways to prevent that. Christianity Today It was his putting, his old nemesis, that did him in. Times, Sunday Times Unsurprisingly, it's all a ruse, and before long you are tricked into scurrying around the island's darker recesses in pursuit of a cure for your old nemesis. Times, Sunday Times |
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