记忆方法
将“nemesis”拆分成两个部分来记忆：“ne”和“m西斯”。想象“ne”像是“neither”的缩写，表示“两者都不”，而“m西斯”可以联想到“axis”（轴心），这里将其想象成一条对抗轴心的力量或敌人。整体上，将“nemesis”想象为一种不可战胜、不断挑战轴心的强大敌人或力量，这样就能记住它的含义是“宿敌”或“敌人”。
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词族 · nemesis
词形变化
中文词源
nemesis 报应，应得的惩罚
来自希腊语Nemesis,复仇女神，来自PIE*nem,分配，给予，词源同number,nomad.引申词义给予应有的惩罚和报应。
英语词源
- nemesis
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nemesis: see nomad
- nemesis
- 1570s, Nemesis, "Greek goddess of vengeance, personification of divine wrath," from Greek nemesis "just indignation, righteous anger," literally "distribution" (of what is due), related to nemein "distribute, allot, apportion one's due," from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot, to take" (cognates: Old English, Gothic niman "to take," German nehmen; see nimble). With a lower-case -n-, in the sense of "retributive justice," attested from 1590s. General sense of "anything by which it seems one must be defeated" is 20c.
权威例句
- 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. To follow the proposed course of action is to invite nemesis.
- 按照别人建议的行动步骤而行动就是自找报应.
- 3. Uncritical trust is my nemesis.
- 盲目的相信一切害了我自己
- 4. Inward suffering is the worst of Nemesis.
- 内心的痛苦是最厉害的惩罚.
- 5. 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。