karma

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kar·ma /ˈkɑːmə $ -ɑːr-/ noun [uncountable]  1. RRBRRHthe belief that all the good and bad things that you do in this life affect how good or bad your future lives will be, according to the Hindu and Buddhist religions 〔印度教、佛教中的〕羯磨，业〔指现世行为将影响来世命运〕2  informal the feeling that you get from a person, place, or action 气氛，感觉good/bad karma The house had a lot of bad karma. 这幢房子充满了不祥的气氛。 —karmic adjective

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karma• Some might call it karma, saying that Artie had it coming.good/bad karma• I knew that this was my fault. Bad karma.• Get some good karma around us.Origin karma (1800-1900) Sanskrit “work”

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karma
kar‧ma /ˈkɑːmə $ -ɑːr-/ noun [uncountable]1. the belief that all the good and bad things that you do in this life affect how good or bad your future lives will be, according to the Hindu and Buddhist religions
2. informal the feeling that you get from a person, place, or action
    good/bad karma
    The house had a lot of bad karma.
—karmic adjective

karmaBrE /ˈkɑːmə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːrmə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (in Buddhism and Hinduism 佛教和印度教) the sum of sb's good and bad actions in one of their lives, believed to decide what will happen to them in the next life 羯磨，业（据信为可决定来生的个人善恶行为）good/bad ~ (informal) the good/bad effect of doing a particular thing, being in a particular place, etc. 善报；恶报；因果报应◆Vegetarians believe that eating meat is bad karma. 素食者认为吃肉食是造恶业。🔊🔊