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nounPlural nemeses ˈnɛmɪsɪsˈnɛməsəs 1The inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall. 给以报应者,复仇者;处罚者 injury, consistently his nemesis, struck him down during the match Example sentencesExamples - I successfully cursed a nemesis in junior high - he probably deserved it, but the fact that it worked was very alarming.
- The title explains a lot - a dishonoured soccer champ wants to assemble and coach a winning team to confront his nemesis, while mouthy yet impecunious martial artist Sing wants to spread the word of kung fu.
- Our arch nemesis, Fusion, only had two people on their team, but we weren't taking any chances.
- The triple axel remains his nemesis, sometimes disappearing when he needs it the most.
- The Zambia under-20 soccer team takes on Egypt in an African Youth qualifying round first leg in Chingola today seeking revenge against a team that has been their nemesis.
- But an old nemesis - control problems - has plagued him.
- But perhaps not armed enough for an older, stronger Cuban team, which had proved its nemesis previously.
- The same goes for Mr. Belding, who clearly welcomed the chance to follow his nemesis across 2000 miles and begin a new life with his wife.
- ‘Truth Teams,’ which scout the parking lots to locate the targeted signature gatherers, are having less luck spotting their nemeses.
- Imagine a cartoon hero in an impossible predicament as the scene switches to his nemesis; menacing, manic laughter bellowing out.
- Eileen sets her sights on Mr Nail from the off but Gail, who sees a chance to put the disastrous romance with serial killer Richard Hillman behind her, soon finds a way to scupper her nemesis's chances.
- Have I finally met my nemesis, the IT problem that I'm too old to understand?
- Though some decidedly comic things had happened to her recently, Lincoln purported to persuade herself that the lord almighty had a little more tact than to conjure such a predictable fate for her nominated nemesis.
- However, when I arrived back at the counter with my CDs, my nemesis was standing to one side, and a cheerful Canadian guy was on the till.
- And that's where John meets his destiny and Jeremy his nemesis.
- Arrows have proven the nemesis of most teams visiting Durban and have established themselves as a formidable outfit.
- If the stick is pressed toward her foe, Nina will vault over the head of her nemesis, allowing her to strike from behind.
- The bad guys again break one of the cardinal rules for being an evil nasty: When you have the chance to kill your nemesis, do it!
- I left the room, disappointed with my form and my wimpy nemesis got up and made his way over the machine to play.
- He was contemplating a comeback recently when offered a place in the German Davis Cup team by his old nemesis Stich.
- 1.1 A long-standing rival; an arch-enemy.
长期的竞争对手,世敌;头号敌人 will Harry Potter finally defeat his nemesis, Voldemort? 哈里·波特最终能战胜他的头号敌人伏地魔吗? Example sentencesExamples - It was the fact that Tarantino's sword-wielding warriors and their nemeses were women.
- My nemesis is approaching, my greatest foe.
- Sonic's arch nemesis Dr. Robotnik has been banished from the Land of Darkness by an evil Metal Robotnik.
- The violent nemesis just happens to be played by a shapely, smoldering brunette TV entertainment reporter named… Maria Menounos.
- The boy turns out to be his future nemesis, Draco Malfoy.
- Perhaps he feels he can now forgive his old nemesis the Bishop of Rome.
- After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family.
- Unsure of himself, Guy spoiled for a decisive battle with the Crusader nemesis, Saladin.
- Ironically, when the teeth of the plot sink in, the introduction of the supernatural nemesis, Ghost Machine begins to lag.
- The Powerpuff Girls must face their nemeses the Gangrene Gang when the teenaged baddies are sent back to school at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten.
- Now, Archer is trapped in prison, and Castor now played by Travolta assumes the identity of his nemesis, frees his brother, and takes his place as a high-ranking federal agent.
- His old nemesis, Twink (Chris Haywood), is a cop ready to retire.
- It's a classic example of bad plotting when you have a golden opportunity to destroy your nemesis but you let him live.
- In the comments on the post below, Alex refers to Bugs Meany who, as some of you may recall, is Encyclopedia Brown's arch nemesis.
- Throughout the novel Doc remains loyal to his male characters, even the Weasel, his professed nemesis.
- In the show I have my friends and everything, but I also have a nemesis.
- Every platforming hero has to have his or her arch nemesis, and generally speaking, at least in the old days, these arch nemeses were evil versions of the aforementioned hero.
- As in Spider-Man 3, Shrek is still dealing with a not very interesting nemesis from the last film, Prince Charming.
- I offered coffee to anyone who came in the office, including my nemesis, Mr. Coffee Man.
Synonyms arch-enemy, arch-rival, enemy, rival, foe, adversary, opponent, antagonist, combatant, challenger - 1.2mass noun A downfall caused by an inescapable agent.
天谴;报应 one risks nemesis by uttering such words 说这样的话可能会遭报应的。 Example sentencesExamples - In all the best blockbusters, when disaster has dawned and nemesis looks likely by breakfast, there appears in the script a snowy-haired elder.
- Nor is nemesis, the overpowering sense of eventual destruction, far from the political lives of these players.
Synonyms downfall, undoing, ruin, ruination, destruction, Waterloo - 1.3mass noun Retributive justice.
公正的惩罚 Nemesis is notoriously slow 众所周知,公正的惩罚总是姗姗来迟。 Example sentencesExamples - And as any student of Greek tragedy knows, the presence of hubris usually means that nemesis - the righteous retribution of the Gods - is not far behind.
Synonyms retribution, vengeance, retributive justice, punishment, just deserts fate, destiny
OriginLate 16th century: Greek, literally 'retribution', from nemein 'give what is due'. proper nounˈnɛmɪsɪsˈnɛməsəs Greek Mythology A goddess usually portrayed as the agent of divine punishment for wrongdoing or presumption (hubris). nounˈnɛməsəsˈneməsəs 1The inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall. 给以报应者,复仇者;处罚者 the balance beam was the team's nemesis, as two gymnasts fell from the apparatus Example sentencesExamples - But perhaps not armed enough for an older, stronger Cuban team, which had proved its nemesis previously.
- The Zambia under-20 soccer team takes on Egypt in an African Youth qualifying round first leg in Chingola today seeking revenge against a team that has been their nemesis.
- Though some decidedly comic things had happened to her recently, Lincoln purported to persuade herself that the lord almighty had a little more tact than to conjure such a predictable fate for her nominated nemesis.
- Eileen sets her sights on Mr Nail from the off but Gail, who sees a chance to put the disastrous romance with serial killer Richard Hillman behind her, soon finds a way to scupper her nemesis's chances.
- Have I finally met my nemesis, the IT problem that I'm too old to understand?
- However, when I arrived back at the counter with my CDs, my nemesis was standing to one side, and a cheerful Canadian guy was on the till.
- ‘Truth Teams,’ which scout the parking lots to locate the targeted signature gatherers, are having less luck spotting their nemeses.
- Imagine a cartoon hero in an impossible predicament as the scene switches to his nemesis; menacing, manic laughter bellowing out.
- The bad guys again break one of the cardinal rules for being an evil nasty: When you have the chance to kill your nemesis, do it!
- The title explains a lot - a dishonoured soccer champ wants to assemble and coach a winning team to confront his nemesis, while mouthy yet impecunious martial artist Sing wants to spread the word of kung fu.
- And that's where John meets his destiny and Jeremy his nemesis.
- Our arch nemesis, Fusion, only had two people on their team, but we weren't taking any chances.
- If the stick is pressed toward her foe, Nina will vault over the head of her nemesis, allowing her to strike from behind.
- He was contemplating a comeback recently when offered a place in the German Davis Cup team by his old nemesis Stich.
- I left the room, disappointed with my form and my wimpy nemesis got up and made his way over the machine to play.
- I successfully cursed a nemesis in junior high - he probably deserved it, but the fact that it worked was very alarming.
- The triple axel remains his nemesis, sometimes disappearing when he needs it the most.
- But an old nemesis - control problems - has plagued him.
- Arrows have proven the nemesis of most teams visiting Durban and have established themselves as a formidable outfit.
- The same goes for Mr. Belding, who clearly welcomed the chance to follow his nemesis across 2000 miles and begin a new life with his wife.
- 1.1 A long-standing rival; an archenemy.
长期的竞争对手,世敌;头号敌人 will Harry Potter finally defeat his nemesis, Voldemort? 哈里·波特最终能战胜他的头号敌人伏地魔吗? Example sentencesExamples - Every platforming hero has to have his or her arch nemesis, and generally speaking, at least in the old days, these arch nemeses were evil versions of the aforementioned hero.
- My nemesis is approaching, my greatest foe.
- Now, Archer is trapped in prison, and Castor now played by Travolta assumes the identity of his nemesis, frees his brother, and takes his place as a high-ranking federal agent.
- Perhaps he feels he can now forgive his old nemesis the Bishop of Rome.
- It was the fact that Tarantino's sword-wielding warriors and their nemeses were women.
- Sonic's arch nemesis Dr. Robotnik has been banished from the Land of Darkness by an evil Metal Robotnik.
- After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family.
- His old nemesis, Twink (Chris Haywood), is a cop ready to retire.
- Ironically, when the teeth of the plot sink in, the introduction of the supernatural nemesis, Ghost Machine begins to lag.
- Throughout the novel Doc remains loyal to his male characters, even the Weasel, his professed nemesis.
- It's a classic example of bad plotting when you have a golden opportunity to destroy your nemesis but you let him live.
- The boy turns out to be his future nemesis, Draco Malfoy.
- The violent nemesis just happens to be played by a shapely, smoldering brunette TV entertainment reporter named… Maria Menounos.
- Unsure of himself, Guy spoiled for a decisive battle with the Crusader nemesis, Saladin.
- I offered coffee to anyone who came in the office, including my nemesis, Mr. Coffee Man.
- As in Spider-Man 3, Shrek is still dealing with a not very interesting nemesis from the last film, Prince Charming.
- In the show I have my friends and everything, but I also have a nemesis.
- In the comments on the post below, Alex refers to Bugs Meany who, as some of you may recall, is Encyclopedia Brown's arch nemesis.
- The Powerpuff Girls must face their nemeses the Gangrene Gang when the teenaged baddies are sent back to school at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten.
Synonyms arch-enemy, arch-rival, enemy, rival, foe, adversary, opponent, antagonist, combatant, challenger - 1.2 A downfall caused by an inescapable agent.
天谴;报应 one risks nemesis by uttering such words 说这样的话可能会遭报应的。 Example sentencesExamples - Nor is nemesis, the overpowering sense of eventual destruction, far from the political lives of these players.
- In all the best blockbusters, when disaster has dawned and nemesis looks likely by breakfast, there appears in the script a snowy-haired elder.
Synonyms downfall, undoing, ruin, ruination, destruction, waterloo - 1.3often Nemesis Retributive justice.
公正的惩罚 Nemesis is notoriously slow 众所周知,公正的惩罚总是姗姗来迟。 Example sentencesExamples - And as any student of Greek tragedy knows, the presence of hubris usually means that nemesis - the righteous retribution of the Gods - is not far behind.
Synonyms retribution, vengeance, retributive justice, punishment, just deserts
OriginLate 16th century: Greek, literally ‘retribution’, from nemein ‘give what is due’. proper nounˈnɛməsəsˈneməsəs Greek Mythology A goddess usually portrayed as the agent of divine punishment for wrongdoing or presumption (hubris). |