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词汇 comeuppance
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Definition of comeuppance in English:

comeuppance

noun kʌmˈʌp(ə)nsˌkəmˈəpəns
informal
  • A punishment or fate that someone deserves.

    〈非正式〉应得的惩罚(或命运);因果报应

    he got his comeuppance in the end

    他得到了应有的惩罚。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some were probably hoping the students would get their comeuppance, but death was more than they deserved.
    • Because the stories were true, the comeuppance of criminals (death for all but a few) rang even truer.
    • It's not much of a comeuppance for a 65-year-old ex-CEO who never has to work again anyway.
    • It's rare that an actor can not only deserve his comeuppance but maintain your sympathy while getting it.
    • I guess this is her comeuppance, though she'll never even know it.
    • These fine visitors, I thought, were in for what I can only describe as a culinary comeuppance.
    • They get their comeuppance in the end in satisfyingly brutal fashion.
    • Before that he'd been an actor, often on radio, playing gangsters who got a violent comeuppance.
    • I kept thinking that the last pages must be missing, the ones with the comeuppance, but there's none.
    • Among the more baffling parts of this showdown is why Madam Secretary would have invited such a comeuppance in the first place.
    • However, it seems that the political comeuppance is always greener on the other side of the Atlantic.
    • So one can say he tried to lie his way to fame and fortune, and got a much-deserved comeuppance.
    • By the time Delilah weaseled the secret of his strength out of him, Samson seemed ripe for a rude comeuppance.
    • You'll get your comeuppance in due time.
    • Thus far, it is only in the executive suite and in the stock market that society has witnessed a comeuppance.
    • I kept turning the pages, anticipating the comeuppance that he so richly deserved.
    • By any reasonable moral reckoning he deserves all the comeuppance of his bad faith.
    • Sooner or later, though, such hubris must receive its grim comeuppance.
    • Cosmic comeuppance isn't supposed to count for much in football.
    • As for the rest of you, you'll get your comeuppance soon.
    Synonyms
    just deserts, deserved fate, due, due reward, just punishment, retribution, requital
    archaic recompense

Rhymes

tuppence, twopence

Definition of comeuppance in US English:

comeuppance

nounˌkəmˈəpənsˌkəmˈəpəns
informal
  • A punishment or fate that someone deserves.

    〈非正式〉应得的惩罚(或命运);因果报应

    he got his comeuppance

    他得到了应有的惩罚。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So one can say he tried to lie his way to fame and fortune, and got a much-deserved comeuppance.
    • They get their comeuppance in the end in satisfyingly brutal fashion.
    • Before that he'd been an actor, often on radio, playing gangsters who got a violent comeuppance.
    • It's rare that an actor can not only deserve his comeuppance but maintain your sympathy while getting it.
    • Some were probably hoping the students would get their comeuppance, but death was more than they deserved.
    • However, it seems that the political comeuppance is always greener on the other side of the Atlantic.
    • As for the rest of you, you'll get your comeuppance soon.
    • Cosmic comeuppance isn't supposed to count for much in football.
    • I kept thinking that the last pages must be missing, the ones with the comeuppance, but there's none.
    • You'll get your comeuppance in due time.
    • Among the more baffling parts of this showdown is why Madam Secretary would have invited such a comeuppance in the first place.
    • By any reasonable moral reckoning he deserves all the comeuppance of his bad faith.
    • It's not much of a comeuppance for a 65-year-old ex-CEO who never has to work again anyway.
    • Sooner or later, though, such hubris must receive its grim comeuppance.
    • Thus far, it is only in the executive suite and in the stock market that society has witnessed a comeuppance.
    • Because the stories were true, the comeuppance of criminals (death for all but a few) rang even truer.
    • I kept turning the pages, anticipating the comeuppance that he so richly deserved.
    • By the time Delilah weaseled the secret of his strength out of him, Samson seemed ripe for a rude comeuppance.
    • I guess this is her comeuppance, though she'll never even know it.
    • These fine visitors, I thought, were in for what I can only describe as a culinary comeuppance.
    Synonyms
    just deserts, deserved fate, due, due reward, just punishment, retribution, requital
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