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
- How can they not feel under pressure throughout college to prepare for this day of reckoning?
为准备迎接这一结账之日，他们又怎能不在整个大学期间感到处在压力之下呢？ - 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。 - 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。 - We merely put off the day of reckoning.
我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。 - 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。 - 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。 - How distant those times seemed now, he reflected. You're enjoying yourself now, but a day of reckoning will come.
他在想那些日子现在已显得多麽遥远.别看你现在逍遥，将来会遭报应的。 - 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。 - If so, the Assads have one choice left, which is how much blood to spill to delay their day of reckoning.
若是这样，阿萨德政府就只剩下一个选择：为了推迟他们的最后审判日，还需要流多少血。