poetic justice
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美
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Noun:
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an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)
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用作名词 (n.)
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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。
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Justice was meted out to them.
他们受到了公平的赏罚。
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