what a person deserves with regard to reward or (more usually) punishment
应得的奖赏;应得的惩罚(或报应)
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the penal system fails to punish offenders in accordance with their deserts .刑罚制度未能根据犯罪者应得的惩罚来有效惩处他们。
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get (或receive )one's just deserts receive what one deserves, especially appropriate punishment 得到应有的回报(尤指遭报应或得到应有的惩罚)those who caused great torment to others rarely got their just deserts . 给别人造成巨大痛苦的那些人很少得到应有的惩罚
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cultural desert 文化荒漠
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"Middle English: via Old French