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。 - How distant those times seemed now, he reflected. You're enjoying yourself now, but a day of reckoning will come.
他在想那些日子现在已显得多麽遥远.别看你现在逍遥，将来会遭报应的。 - The obvious risk is that when a real day of reckoning does arrive it will be that much tougher.
显而易见的风险是，如果算总账的一天真正来临，情况会变得严峻得多。 - 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。 - To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.
对于珍惜时间的人，每天都是需要精打细算的。 - Their day of reckoning is not long off.
他们清算的日子不长了。 - The day of reckoning has been postponed yet again.
算总账的日子再一次推迟了。 - 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。 - 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 will come when the high economic growth rate finally falters.
当经济高速增长最终难以为继时，灾难就将来临。