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whammy

英 [ˈwæmi]

美 [ˈwæmi]

n.  晦气; 倒霉事

复数:whammies 

BNC.35559 / COCA.22678

牛津词典

    noun

    • 晦气;倒霉事
      an unpleasant situation or event that causes problems for sb/sth
      1. With this government we've had a double whammy of tax increases and benefit cuts.
        自从这任政府上台以来,我们又是增税又是减少补贴,倒了双倍的霉。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-SING (困难或打击)同时发生,相继发生;祸不单行
      Whammyis used in expressions such asdouble whammyandtriple whammyto indicate that two or three unpleasant or difficult situations occur at the same time, or occur one after the other.
      1. This is a double whammy for public sector workers...
        对于公共部门的工作人员而言可谓祸不单行。
      2. We're suffering a triple whammy at the moment.
        我们目前正遭受到了接二连三的打击。

    英英释义

    noun

    • an evil spell
      1. a witch put a curse on his whole family
      2. he put the whammy on me
      Synonym:hexjinxcurse
    • a serious or devastating setback

      双语例句

      • Double whammy: Sub-Saharan Africa, which has the world's most widespread HIV epidemic, has also been hardest hit by new cases of tuberculosis.
        双重打击:撒哈拉沙漠以南非洲,这个世界上HIV最为肆虐的地方,现在同样受到结核病的严重袭扰。
      • Children suffer from a double whammy in South East Asia, says Professor Morgan.
        摩根教授说:东南亚孩子是祸不单行。
      • But while those efforts were starting to pay off with improved profitability, Sony was hit with a double whammy of a severe economic slowdown in its key markets and a strong yen.
        但尽管这些做法开始产生效果,利润率出现了提高,但索尼还是受到了其主要市场经济严重放缓和日圆走强的双重打击。
      • The language continues to benefit from the triple whammy of its simplicity ( except for spelling), the British empire and the American century.
        英语有三大杀手锏:语言简单(拼写除外)、大英帝国的辉煌以及后来的美国世纪。这三点至今仍在让英语受益。
      • The proposals amount to a triple whammy that could end up reducing the flow of talent to the UK, decreasing innovativeness and removing a major source of economic development.
        这些提案是对英国的三重打击:最终可能会减少英国的人才流入,降低其创新能力,使经济发展丧失一个主要动力。
      • So there might be something of a double whammy happening there if the US had a severe downturn.
        因此,如果美国出现严重的经济萧条,这里可能就会受到种双重的剧烈打击。
      • Those nonprofits learned a painful lesson: Attempting to start an unrelated business venture means they were hit with a double whammy.
        这些非营利组织学到了痛苦的一课:尝试非营无关业务意味着他们腹背受敌。
      • I had a double whammy against me.
        我有两个致命伤。
      • When the story broke, McDonald` s China business had been rebounding from the double whammy of a food safety scare and a bird flu outbreak that crushed sales in 2013.
        此时,麦当劳在中国的业务才刚刚从2013年的食品安全问题与禽流感的双重打击下恢复元气。
      • Eurozone lenders face a double balance-sheet whammy.
        欧元区银行的资产负债表受到双面夹击。