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
- But that only delayed the day of reckoning.
但这只能推迟摊牌的时间。 - 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。 - 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。 - A verifiable market-based trigger makes it impossible for a regulator to delay the day of reckoning.
一个基于市场的可核实的触发条件，令监管机构不可能再推迟摊牌的时间。 - The day of reckoning has been postponed yet again.
算总账的日子再一次推迟了。 - We merely put off the day of reckoning.
我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。 - "The period of low interest rates in 2001 forestalled the day of reckoning for the consumer, and that set up a much larger consumer debt bubble," William Cunningham, global head of credit strategy at State Street Global advisors, said.
“2001年的低利率迟滞了消费者结算的时间，并且催生了一个更大的消费信贷泡沫，”道富环球投资管理（statestreetglobaladvisors）信贷策略部门全球主管威廉坎宁安（williamcunningham）说。 - 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。