poetic justice
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [p???et.?k ?d??s.t?s]
- 美式音標(biāo) [po??et?.?k ?d??s.t?s]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- 報(bào)應(yīng)，應(yīng)得的懲罰。
英漢例句
- He pushed several other runners to get to the front so it was poetic justice when he tripped and fell.
他把另外幾名跑壘者推上場而自己卻絆倒了，因此這對(duì)他來說是一種理想的賞罰。 - Justice was meted out to them.
他們受到了公平的賞罰。
用作名詞 (n.)
英英字典
- an occasion when something bad happens to a person who seems to deserve it, usually because of bad things that person has done