whammy

英 [ˈwæmi]

美 [ˈwæmi]

n.  晦气; 倒霉事

复数：whammies　

BNC.35559 / COCA.22678

牛津词典

noun

• 晦气；倒霉事
  an unpleasant situation or event that causes problems for sb/sth
  1. With this government we've had a double whammy of tax increases and benefit cuts.
     自从这任政府上台以来，我们又是增税又是减少补贴，倒了双倍的霉。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (困难或打击)同时发生，相继发生;祸不单行
  Whammyis used in expressions such asdouble whammyandtriple whammyto indicate that two or three unpleasant or difficult situations occur at the same time, or occur one after the other.
  1. This is a double whammy for public sector workers...
     对于公共部门的工作人员而言可谓祸不单行。
  2. We're suffering a triple whammy at the moment.
     我们目前正遭受到了接二连三的打击。

英英释义

noun

• an evil spell
  1. a witch put a curse on his whole family
  2. he put the whammy on me
  Synonym:hexjinxcurse
• a serious or devastating setback

双语例句

• 'During the holidays, we reach the limits on the capacity of these retailers,' Mr. Best said. 'It's a double whammy for conservative retailers, which have been burned by excess inventory in the past, and underestimated demand.'
  贝斯特说，节日期间，零售商的能力都达到极限，保守的零售商则遭到双重打击，他们过去因为库存积压而焦头烂额，这一次却低估了需求。
• Double whammy: Sub-Saharan Africa, which has the world's most widespread HIV epidemic, has also been hardest hit by new cases of tuberculosis.
  双重打击：撒哈拉沙漠以南非洲，这个世界上HIV最为肆虐的地方，现在同样受到结核病的严重袭扰。
• We're suffering a triple whammy at the moment.
  我们目前正遭受到了接二连三的打击。
• The problem: The junk bond market will soon face a double whammy: higher interest rates and a wall of maturities.
  问题是：垃圾债券市场将很快面临双重打击：高利率和到期难。
• Now, the double whammy of redundancies, resulting from the economic downturn, and more young people thinking twice about university because of huge rises in tuition fees, might suggest the banking sector can meet its requirements without trying too hard.
  如今，一方面是经济低迷导致裁员，另一方面是学费高涨导致更多年轻人对上大学感到踌躇，在这两个因素的双重作用下，银行业大概用不着太费劲就能够满足人才需求吧。
• The proposals amount to a triple whammy that could end up reducing the flow of talent to the UK, decreasing innovativeness and removing a major source of economic development.
  这些提案是对英国的三重打击：最终可能会减少英国的人才流入，降低其创新能力，使经济发展丧失一个主要动力。
• A: Yesterday wad a real double whammy.
  我昨天真是祸不单行。
• Those nonprofits learned a painful lesson: Attempting to start an unrelated business venture means they were hit with a double whammy.
  这些非营利组织学到了痛苦的一课：尝试非营无关业务意味着他们腹背受敌。
• The language continues to benefit from the triple whammy of its simplicity ( except for spelling), the British empire and the American century.
  英语有三大杀手锏：语言简单（拼写除外）、大英帝国的辉煌以及后来的美国世纪。这三点至今仍在让英语受益。
• This is a double whammy for public sector workers
  对于公共部门的工作人员而言可谓祸不单行。