day of reckoning
英 [deɪ ɒv ˈrekənɪŋ]
美 [deɪ əv ˈrekənɪŋ]
n. 清算之时;报应到来的日子
柯林斯词典
- N-SING 清算之时;报应到来的日子
If someone talks about theday of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.- The day of reckoning is coming for the water company directors.
跟自来水公司的主管们算账的日子就要到来了。
- The day of reckoning is coming for the water company directors.
英英释义
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
- that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world
- (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
双语例句
- In China, projects like the South-North Water Diversion Project just delay the day of reckoning.
在中国，像南水北调这样的工程项目只能推迟算总帐的日子。 - The day of reckoning has now arrived.
眼下，清算的日子到了。 - Cheap money and capital flows fuel growth booms in the short run. But the day of reckoning always comes: those that borrow most suffer the biggest growth collapses from sudden stops of capital.
短期内廉价货币和资金流动可以刺激增长，但最后审判日注定会到来：资金骤停会让举债最多的国家遭遇最严重的增长崩溃。 - There will be a day of reckoning for what you have done to me!
你对我所做的一切，总有一天要遭报应的。 - Version compatibility can help delay this "day of reckoning" but won't eliminate it.
版本兼容性可以帮助延迟这个“最后审判日”，但却不能消除这个问题。 - A verifiable market-based trigger makes it impossible for a regulator to delay the day of reckoning.
一个基于市场的可核实的触发条件，令监管机构不可能再推迟摊牌的时间。 - How can they not feel under pressure throughout college to prepare for this day of reckoning?
为准备迎接这一结账之日，他们又怎能不在整个大学期间感到处在压力之下呢？ - The day of reckoning had not yet come for him.
他遭报应的日子还没有来到。 - He believes there is a limit to how long consumers can put off the day of reckoning.
他相信，消费者拖延最后“算帐”的时间总有个限度。 - I thought my day of reckoning with China's grip on the feet of America's children was still months away.
我原以为美国小孩与中国鞋子这个难题在几个月才会出现。