poetic justice
音标发音
- 英式音标 [pəʊˌet.ɪk ˈdʒʌs.tɪs]
- 美式音标 [poʊˌet̬.ɪk ˈdʒʌs.tɪs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 报应，应得的惩罚。
英汉例句
- He pushed several other runners to get to the front so it was poetic justice when he tripped and fell.
他把另外几名跑垒者推上场而自己却绊倒了，因此这对他来说是一种理想的赏罚。 - Justice was meted out to them.
他们受到了公平的赏罚。
用作名词 (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