Word · Frequency #24549
nemesis
宿敌；死对头；克星
A formidable enemy or opponent, especially an archenemy; a person or thing that brings about someone's downfall.
指难以战胜的对手或使人败亡的人/事物。
- 1.
An enemy, especially an archenemy.
敌人,尤指宿敌。
- 2.
(Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance
希腊神话中复仇女神,报应女神
- 3.
A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character, as an agent of that character's fate or destiny, especially within a narrative.
专门导致他人败落的人物或角色,作为其命运或宿命的代理人,尤见于叙事作品中。
- 4.
something causing misery or death
造成痛苦或死亡的事物；祸根
- 5.
The personification of the "fatal flaw" of a dramatic hero in the style of Greek tragedy.
希腊悲剧式英雄‘致命缺陷’的拟人化。
- 6.
Polar opposite, especially of a literary character.
完全相反的事物,尤指文学人物的对立面。
- 7.
The principle of retributive justice.
报应正义的原则。
祸根；苦难之源；致命之物；报应；天罚；（希腊神话中的）报应女神；复仇女神；截然相反的人或事物；对立面；（希腊式悲剧中主角致命弱点的）化身
In use
After years of cheating in exams, he finally met his nemesis when the new teacher caught him red-handed.
The superhero's nemesis always seemed to escape at the last moment, only to plot another evil scheme.
For the arrogant CEO, the economic downturn proved to be his nemesis, leading to his company's bankruptcy.
one's nemesis
表示对某人构成威胁或惩罚的人或事物。
He finally met his nemesis in the final match.
他最终在决赛中遇到了自己的克星。
the nemesis of sb/sth
强调对立或报复关系。
The superhero is the nemesis of all villains.
这位超级英雄是所有恶棍的惩罚者。
a nemesis
Connections
Collocations
- meet one's nemesis
- 遭遇克星；败在宿敌手中
- The brilliant chess player finally met his nemesis in the world champion.这位杰出的棋手最终在世界冠军面前遭遇了克星。
- face one's nemesis
- 面对宿敌
- After years of rivalry, she will face her nemesis in the final match.经过多年的较量，她将在决赛中面对自己的宿敌。
- become someone's nemesis
- 成为某人的克星或祸根
- The scandal became the senator's nemesis and ended his career.这起丑闻成了这位参议员的祸根，终结了他的政治生涯。
- longtime nemesis
- 多年的宿敌
- The superhero finally defeated his longtime nemesis.超级英雄终于击败了他多年的宿敌。
- old nemesis
- 老对手；宿敌
- The two teams are old nemeses in this tournament.这两支球队在这次锦标赛中是老对手。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：希腊复仇女神奈美西斯(Nemesis)手持天平，专治宿敌——你的克星就是你的‘报应’。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：literary writing、news reporting、sports commentary nemesis 通常多用于较正式的书面语和文学作品中，指某个人的‘宿敌’或导致其败落的人/事物；口语中较少直接使用，偶尔会以夸张或幽默口吻说 my nemesis。日常表达“死对头”更常用 archrival 等词。
Grammar Note
常接of表示某人或某物的克星或惩罚者
Pronunciation & Spelling
真押韵：emesis /ˈɛməsɪs/（与 /ˈnɛməsɪs/ 仅首辅音不同）。拼写相似但读音不同：genesis /ˈdʒɛnəsɪs/、parenthesis /pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/、synthesis /ˈsɪnθəsɪs/。注意不可仅凭 -esis 的拼写类推读音。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.