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
- 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - The day of reckoning has been postponed yet again.
算总账的日子再一次推迟了。 - 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。 - Their day of reckoning is not long off.
他们清算的日子不长了。 - 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 had not yet come for him.
他遭报应的日子还没有来到。 - What, though, of the fearful Day of Reckoning?
但是，什么是可怕的审判日？ - 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。