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
- The slowdown in television sales over the last few years hit Sharp with a double whammy.
过去几年电视机销售减速对夏普造成了双重打击。 - 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。 - 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。 - In the Arctic, soot is a double whammy.
在北极,煤烟带来的打击是双倍的。 - 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。 - 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。 - I had a double whammy against me.
我有两个致命伤。 - When the wind picks up, cinch down the Columbia Double Whammy's removable storm hood, and keep on skiing.
移动风暴罩为你抵挡一切的寒风,并继续滑雪。 - But the poor suffer a double whammy because they also spend a larger proportion of their income on food than those in richer countries.
但贫困人口遭受双重打击,因为他们比发达国家的人们花费收入中更大的份额来购买粮食。 - 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。