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
- 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。 - 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。 - You're enjoying yourself now, but a day of reckoning will come.
别看你现在逍遥，将来会遭报应的。 - We all know the day of reckoning is coming, and start to cut back on spending to a degree, but it doesn't really hit home until the checks stop coming in.
我们都知道算帐的那一天正日益临近、我们也开始逐步收紧开支，但是直到真的再无支票入帐时我们才真正意识到自己没有收入了。 - What, though, of the fearful Day of Reckoning?
但是，什么是可怕的审判日？ - What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar?
到降罚的日子，有灾祸从远方临到，那时，你们怎样行呢？ - Marc Faber, of the "Gloom, Boom& Doom" newsletter, was also among those calling for a day of reckoning in China's housing market last year.
马克法•伯尔，创立“忧郁，繁荣与死亡”时事通讯，也是去年要求对中国房地产市场进行清算的那些人中的一个。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。