| 释义 |
poetic justice
noun uncountable
■when something bad happens to a person that seems fair and deserved, usually because of the bad things that person has done 报应，应得的惩罚•What poetic justice that Brady has to go to court to plead to be allowed to die, just like his innocent victims pleaded to be allowed to live.布莱迪不得不上法院恳求处死，就如同当初无辜的受害者恳求免于一死一样，真是报应。 |