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nemesis
[ nem-uh-sis ]
noun
- something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
The performance test proved to be my nemesis.
Synonyms:
- an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome.
- (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. the goddess of divine retribution.
- an agent or act of retribution or punishment.
Synonyms: , , ,
Nemesis
/ 藞苍蓻尘瑟蝉瑟蝉 /
noun
- Greek myth the goddess of retribution and vengeance
- sometimes not capital any agency of retribution and vengeance
Nemesis
- In classical mythology , the Greek goddess of vengeance.
Notes
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of nemesis1
Example Sentences
There鈥檚 real love there, even among the people who are onscreen nemeses, mortal enemies.
US President Donald Trump has some well-known nemeses: illegal immigrants, low-flow showers and last, but definitely not least, the head of the US central bank.
On California鈥檚 North Coast, where other urchin nemeses 鈥 like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead 鈥 are lacking, 96% of the region鈥檚 kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.
"It is literally his nemesis, It brings out the worst golf in Rory annually."
While historically they were aimed at combating a foreign enemy and were government-led, their modern-day equivalents are grassroots and target a domestic nemesis: government dysfunction and the breakdown of the food supply system.
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