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
- 報應，應得的懲罸。
英汉例句
- He pushed several other runners to get to the front so it was poetic justice when he tripped and fell.
他把另外幾名跑壘者推上場而自己卻絆倒了，因此這對他來說是一種理想的賞罸。 - Justice was meted out to them.
他們受到了公平的賞罸。
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