英语词汇“nemesis”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	nemesis
释义	nem·e·sis \ˈneməsə̇s\ noun (plural neme·ses \-əˌsēz\ ; or neme·sis·es) Etymology: Latin Nemesis, goddess of divine retribution, from Greek, from nemesis retribution, righteous anger, from nemein to distribute — more at nimble 1. a. : one that inflicts retribution < many a pursued man fell before his nemesis in the streets — Agnes M. Cleaveland > b. : one that avenges relentlessly or destroys inevitably c. : a formidable and usually victorious rival or opponent < the baseball team was defeated by the first-rate pitching of its old nemesis > 2. a. : an act or effect of retributive justice < whether in the individual or in the community, overweening self-assertion … was regarded as justly provoking nemesis — Walter Moberly > < if they jumped their duty, not one survivor would there be to pursue them with the nemesis of outraged humanity — D.C.Peattie > b. : an inevitable result < this propensity to self-destruction is the nemesis of irrationality — Lewis Mumford > < the crisis is the recurrent nemesis of democracy — Harvey Wheeler >
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