poetic justice

poetic justice读音音标

英 [pəʊˈetɪk ˈdʒʌstis]

美 [poˈɛtɪk ˈdʒʌstɪs]

poetic justice意思解释

n.

理想的赏罚；

应得的赏罚，善有善报，恶有恶报；

英英释义

n.

an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

同义词：just deserts

双语例句

用作名词(n.)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。