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

• 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。
• Their day of reckoning is not long off.
  他们清算的日子不长了。
• The obvious risk is that when a real day of reckoning does arrive it will be that much tougher.
  显而易见的风险是，如果算总账的一天真正来临，情况会变得严峻得多。
• We merely put off the day of reckoning.
  我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。
• 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 had not yet come for him.
  他遭报应的日子还没有来到。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。