day of reckoning

英 [deɪ ɒv ˈrekənɪŋ]

美 [deɪ əv ˈrekənɪŋ]

n.  清算之时;报应到来的日子

经济

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
  1. everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
  2. that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world
  Synonym:doomdoomsdayend 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
  Synonym:Judgment DayJudgement DayDay of JudgmentDay of JudgementDoomsdayLast JudgmentLast JudgementLast Dayeschatondoomsdaycrack of doomend of the world

双语例句

• We merely put off the day of reckoning.
  我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。
• 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。
• The day of reckoning had not yet come for him.
  他遭报应的日子还没有来到。
• 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？
• The day of reckoning could likely be delayed at least until early July with creative bookkeeping.
  清算的日子可能可能会延迟至少直到七月初和有创造性的代理记帐。
• 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 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。
• The day of reckoning has now arrived.
  眼下，清算的日子到了。
• 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。
• The risk, however, is this simply delays the day of reckoning.
  但问题是，这么做只是推迟了最终清算日的到来。