poetic justice

英 美
  • n.理想的赏罚
  • justice n.公平;公正;正义;司法;法官;法律制裁
  • poetic adj.诗的;富有诗情的
Noun:
  1. an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. 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。
    2. Justice was meted out to them.
      他们受到了公平的赏罚。

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