nemesis

noun

1. 报应；应得的惩罚；不可避免的失败
   punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided

1. N-UNCOUNT 天谴;报应
   The nemesis of a person or thing is a situation, event, or person which causes them to be seriously harmed, especially as a punishment.
   1. He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis...
      他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
   2. Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President's nemesis.
      不过迫近的国际收支平衡危机也许是对总统的报应。

1. He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis
   他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
2. Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President's nemesis.
   不过迫近的国际收支平衡危机也许是对总统的报应。
3. As Google matures, is it becoming more and more like its original nemesis?
   随着谷歌日渐成熟壮大，它是否愈来愈像微软了？
4. So a sincere and friendly attempt to placate your nemesis may strike him or her as a pleasant surprise.
   所以如果以诚意和善意去安抚抱怨者，对他/她来说会是个意外之喜。
5. Some think of standards as their nemesis.
   有一些对标准的考虑。
6. At least he was comforted by the hundreds of fans waiting to watch the production, however, the windows of Giovanni's restaurant were blacked out in order to create a night time scene which means the conversation between Sherlock and his new nemesis was kept under wraps.
   但至少他很欣慰，有许多粉丝等待着看拍摄过程，可是为了营造出夜晚的场景，乔瓦尼餐厅的窗子被遮上了，这也就意味着夏洛克和他新对手的具体谈话内容就不得而知了。
7. Inward suffering is the worst of Nemesis. The fear of punishment remains as to its substance.
   内心的痛苦是最厉害的惩罚。对惩罚的恐惧仍是其核心问题。
8. There squatted my hated nemesis, Bogy, tied to a post.
   我的死敌博吉蜷缩在那儿，被拴在一根柱子上。
9. I want him in the nemesis program.
   我要用他仇女神。
10. The academic foundation of the criminal record institution is the inherent unification of Nemesis foundation and utilitarian target.
    前科制度的理论根据是报应根据和功利目标的内在统一。
11. Follow this line of reasoning, however, and you will soon meet your nemesis: scope creep.
    然而，照这个逻辑推理下去，你很快会受到惩罚：项目范围蔓延。
12. Don't let jealousy be your nemesis.
    不要让妒忌占领你的头脑。
13. Nemesis, why don't you put Taurus in front of me and let me break its horn?
    复仇女神，你为什么不把那头金牛再带到我面前，让我折断她的牛角！
14. The performance test proved to be my nemesis.
    这场演奏考试证明是我的报应。
15. His disfigured face was like some avenging nemesis of gargoyle design.
    他那张破了相的脸，活象面目狰狞的复仇之神。
16. Nemesis studies are a topic to understand destructive tendencies that are held in the karmic systems of non-resonant biology.
    死敌研究，是一个来理解在不共振生物体的业力系统中所携带的破坏性倾向的主题。
17. Unfortunately, the young man discovers that his nemesis is now a powerful vampire with a coven of allies.
    不幸地，年轻的男人发现他的复仇女神现在居然是女巫协会的一个强大的吸血鬼。
18. Was he aiming at Bryant, his old nemesis and a favorite target in the past?
    他是不是暗指科比，一直的竞争对手和过去最中意的目标？
19. But she's obviously in love with our nemesis.
    不过她显然爱上了我们的对手。
20. We would have ended the season without a defeat if not for our old nemesis, Greeley High.
    如果不是遇到了我们难以对付的老对手&格里利中学，这一季我们就不会打败仗了。
21. Does she is my nemesis?
    她是我的克星？
22. Lex isn't your nemesis.
    莱克斯不是你的复仇对象。
23. The tax increases proved to be the president's political nemesis at the following election.
    增加赋税终于使总统在下届选举时得到政治上的报应。
24. Nemesis and Oblivion make perfect partners and earn a place at number one in our countdown.
    “复仇女神”与“湮没”的搭档如此完美，从而在我们的统计排名中赢得了头把交椅。
25. Walters will face his great rival and nemesis in friday's match.
    星期五的比赛中沃尔特斯将面对他最强劲的对手和克星。
26. It is fair to say Chelsea are Tottenham's nemesis in the Premiership.
    如果说在英超联赛中切尔西是托特纳姆热刺的克星，这听起来一点也不为过。
27. Now I know what you're thinking, but I'm no hero. ( Laughter) I carried my payload back downstairs where I met my nemesis and the precious dog by the front door.
    我知道你在想什么，我算不上英雄。（笑声）我带着分给我的任务下楼，在前门遇见那位早我五秒的先生和他救出的那条狗。
28. Afterwards, the senator from Arizona paid a visit to the White House to receive an endorsement from his former nemesis, George Bush.
    我应该觉得这么翻为好：之后，来自亚利桑那州的这位参议员拜访了白宫，得到了他以前的强劲对手乔治•布什的支持。
29. He or she is your equal in terms of skills, and you have similar records against other opponents. Somehow, though, your nemesis manages to come out ahead in your matches.
    就技术而言他或她和你水平相当，和别人的交战记录你也不差，但在比赛中，你的克星总是能立于不败之地。
30. Such ideological hubris contributed to the market fundamentalism that led to financial nemesis in 2008.
    这种意识形态上的自大，助长了市场原教旨主义，后者则招致了2008年金融危机的报复。

noun

1. something causing misery or death
   1. the bane of my life

   Synonym:    banecursescourge