comeuppance

[kʌm'ʌpəns]

n.应得的惩罚, 因果报应

例句与用法：

Their memory wasn't very good when it came to recalling other things, but they remembered the comet.

一谈到别的事情时，他们的记性并不是很好，但他们却记得彗星。

If I had binoculars, I could see that comet clearly.

如果我有望远镜，我就可以清楚地看见那颗彗星。

A comet is at perihelion when it is closest (=very close) to the sun.

彗星最接近太阳时，它就是在近日点。

Comets move around the sun like planets, but in long oval course.

彗星象行星一样绕太阳运转，然而其轨道呈狭长的椭圆形。

词形变化：

形容词: cometary |

详细释义：

n.

【口】报应, 罪有应得

He got his comeuppance when the bully thrashed him.

他被混混修理是罪有应得。