| 单词 | just deserts |
| 释义 | just deserts (once / 49454 pages) n Your just deserts are what you deserve, or the appropriate outcome for you. If you're mean to other people, your just deserts might be losing your friends. The phrase just deserts is usually negative: "He got his just deserts after stealing all that money from the company." In other words, he got exactly what he deserved. You can also use it in a more positive way as well: "I'm so happy to see you get your just deserts after all your hard work." Desert is related to the word deserve, which is why it's spelled with only one s. The Latin root is deservire, "serve well." WORD FAMILYjust deserts USAGE EXAMPLESThe production, which includes folk songs from Humperdinck’s opera, gives Rosina her just deserts by transforming her into a dessert: a cookie. New York Times(Oct 06, 2016) Imagine the potential for a product made in a New York City jail and marketed as Just Deserts. New York Times(Jun 10, 2016) And so there was no comeuppance; there were no just deserts. New York Times(Mar 09, 2016) n an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically) Syn|Hyper poetic justice final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination something that results |
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