英 [ˈneməsɪs] 美 [ˈneməsɪs]
n. <正式>给予惩罚的人；宿敌，死对头；报应，天罚
n. （Nemesis）涅墨西斯（复仇女神）
复数nemeses
nemesis /ˈnɛmɪsɪs/
不可数名词 The nemesis of a person or thing is a situation, event, or person which causes them to be seriously harmed, especially as a punishment. 严重惩罚
The new mathematics test will become the nemesis of teachers.
新的数学测试将会是对老师们的严重惩罚。
可数名词 A person's nemesis is their opponent or rival, especially one who has been their opponent or rival for a long time. 天敌
Sun Microsystems gave up its legal fight with Microsoft and agreed to cooperate with its longtime nemesis.
太阳微系统放弃了和微软的官司，与这家自己竞争了多年的主要对手携手合作。
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涅墨西斯(报复女神)
涅墨西斯（Nemesis）是希腊神话中被人格化的冷酷无情的复仇女神，神话中的涅墨西斯会对在神祇座前妄自尊大的人施以天谴。
之所以被叫做Nemesis（复仇女神）是因为应该是它将一颗小行星踢到地球的轨道上，导致与我们的星球相撞并毁灭了恐龙。但是，它从未被发现过。
...Hecate)：幽冥以及邪术女神，世界的暗中面有如征着她冥后的丫鬟星夜女神阿斯忒瑞亚以及粉碎神珀耳塞斯的独身女尼弥西斯(Nemesis)：报仇女神；专门处罚非法之徒赫利俄斯(Helios)：日头神，许配里翁与提亚之子，月女神塞勒涅与曙光女神厄俄斯之兄塞勒涅Selene)：...
报应；给与惩罚的人；天罚
The new mathematics test will become the nemesis of teachers.
新的数学测试将会是对老师们的严重惩罚。
Sun Microsystems gave up its legal fight with Microsoft and agreed to cooperate with its longtime nemesis.
太阳微系统放弃了和微软的官司，与这家自己竞争了多年的主要对手携手合作。
In 1938, the Cantabs suffered only one loss, and a first title, defeating former nemesis.
1938年，坎塔布斯队只输了一场，并且获得了第一个冠军，击败了前强硬对手。
while "Halo" competes for Record Of The Year. (MUSIC:Halo) Sharing third place with six nominations apiece are the Black Eyed Peas, R&B singer Maxwell, and Taylor Swift's nemesis Kanye West.
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Bad handwriting is the nemesis of historians, But he built a private library, and it wasn't just full of religious books.
难以辨认的字迹毫无疑问是历史学家的噩梦,他建了个私人图书馆,里面装的并不都是宗教书籍
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In other words, he no longer can think straight and so he will do something dangerous,harmful, and very ultimately bad for himself,and when he does whatever it is, he is struck by Nemesis,the goddess of retribution.
换句话说,他已经不能理性思考,他会对自己做出危险,有害,甚至及其恶劣的事,无论他做了什么坏事,最终会被惩戒女神尼弥西斯制裁
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Last year the BBFC awarded the same rating to the Nemesis Sub-Terra ride at Alton Towers.
BBC: Pleasurewood Hills' Hobs Pit ride given 12A BBFC rating
Mr Sim said Hobs Pit provided more thrills than the Nemesis Sub-Terra ride, which "wasn't scary at all".
BBC: Pleasurewood Hills' Hobs Pit ride given 12A BBFC rating
One female lawyer, now 58, says she met her earliest power nemesis in the first grade.