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
- 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。 - 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。 - What, though, of the fearful Day of Reckoning?
但是，什么是可怕的审判日？ - 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。 - Oil producers that have not understood this tectonic shift and begun to adapt to this new reality will suffer, and be left behind to face their day of reckoning.
没明白这种结构性转变并开始适应这种新现实的产油国将陷入困境，会掉队并面临市场的清算。 - We merely put off the day of reckoning.
我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - But cheap goods from China – coupled with US monetary and fiscal policies that were locked into pro-growth settings – postponed the day of reckoning.
但来自中国的廉价商品，加上美国坚定的促增长货币和财政政策，推迟了清算日的到来。