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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

      • 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。