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nemesis

/nem-uh-sis/US // ˈnɛm ə sɪs //UK // (ˈnɛmɪsɪs) //

克星,仇人,仇敌,恶魔

Related Words

adversary对手,对抗者,对头,对方ruination毁灭,毁坏,废墟,破坏curse诅咒,咒语,咒骂,咒诅scourge祸患,祸害,灾祸,灾害rival竞争对手,竞争者,对手,匹敌infliction施虐,施暴者,施暴行为,施暴plague霍乱,瘟疫,困扰,大灾affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒opponent对手,反对者,对方,对立面

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural nem·e·ses [nem-uh-seez]. /ˈnɛm əˌsiz/.

    • : something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.: The performance test proved to be my nemesis.
    • : an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome.
    • : Classical Mythology. the goddess of divine retribution.
    • : an agent or act of retribution or punishment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbane
Synonyms
adversary对手,对抗者,对头,对方affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼curse诅咒,咒语,咒骂,咒诅infliction施虐,施暴者,施暴行为,施暴opponent对手,反对者,对方,对立面plague霍乱,瘟疫,困扰,大灾rival竞争对手,竞争者,对手,匹敌ruination毁灭,毁坏,废墟,破坏scourge祸患,祸害,灾祸,灾害torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒bête noire

Examples

  • After years of doing well, my nemesis had returned, hovering near me, looking for a way in.

  • In those contests, we saw Tennessee both jump out to a significant lead and overcome a significant deficit, so the Ravens have yet to quite crack the formula for defeating their nemesis.

  • Because Washington lives by the pressure created by its four defensive linemen, quick-release quarterbacks are, in theory, its nemesis.

  • With the occasional assistance of Elizabeth Waring, a Justice Department official who has served both as his nemesis and reluctant helper throughout the series, he must identify, locate and “neutralize” the anonymous forces ranged against him.

  • Launched by a former Google engineer in 2011 to share GIFs, Kuaishou has evolved into a nemesis of Douyin, TikTok’s sister in China.

  • He finally died in a drawn-out battle with his Irish mobster nemesis, John Morrissey.

  • The Third Reich met its nemesis as much here as it had—albeit in far greater numbers—at Stalingrad.

  • Neither her name nor her nemesis are among the slurred words I can make out.

  • The nemesis that emerges most potently is that of reality TV.

  • The site is provocative enough in the vegan world to earn its own digital arch-nemesis “30 Bananas A Day…Sucks!”

  • We have swift reward and punishment—no hateful things called Nemesis.

  • Then, as though grown weary of the idyllic romance she was composing, Fortune donned the tragic robes of Nemesis.

  • What was the tragic destiny that hung over them—the Nemesis that gripped them, and forced them to take such a chance?

  • When off the island of Moora the Nemesis came suddenly upon a fleet of eleven pirate boats, pursuing a trading prahu.

  • The Nemesis chased the pirates to the shore, who drew up in line along the beach.

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