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- 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。
- With this government we've had a double whammy of tax increases and benefit cuts.
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.- 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。 - 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。
- This is a double whammy for public sector workers...
英英释义
noun
- an evil spell
- a witch put a curse on his whole family
- he put the whammy on me
- a serious or devastating setback
双语例句
- That would hit the human population with the double whammy of dramatically reduced agricultural production and widespread loss of vegetation, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation.
这种特大规模的火山爆发会使人类遭受双重打击:农业产量的急剧下降和大范围的植被损失,结果会造成大范围的食物短缺和因饥而亡的现象。 - 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。 - 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。 - According to Davison, this desirable double whammy will have the positive effect of diminishing supply and pushing up prices.
戴维森表示,这种符合需要的双料打击将产生有利影响,导致供给下降,并推高价格。 - The problem: The junk bond market will soon face a double whammy: higher interest rates and a wall of maturities.
问题是:垃圾债券市场将很快面临双重打击:高利率和到期难。 - 'During the holidays, we reach the limits on the capacity of these retailers,' Mr. Best said. 'It's a double whammy for conservative retailers, which have been burned by excess inventory in the past, and underestimated demand.'
贝斯特说,节日期间,零售商的能力都达到极限,保守的零售商则遭到双重打击,他们过去因为库存积压而焦头烂额,这一次却低估了需求。 - A: Yesterday wad a real double whammy.
我昨天真是祸不单行。 - Smuggled brands dealt a double whammy to the country, he added, because as well as not having local excise duty paid on them, they did not use locally grown tobacco.
他补充说,由于走私品牌不使用马来西亚当地生产的烟叶,而且又不给当地缴纳消费税,因此,走私品牌给马来西亚带来了双重的打击。 - I had a double whammy against me.
我有两个致命伤。 - 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。