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- 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。
- With this government we've had a double whammy of tax increases and benefit cuts.
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.- 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。 - 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。
- This is a double whammy for public sector workers...
英英释义
noun
- an evil spell
- a witch put a curse on his whole family
- he put the whammy on me
- a serious or devastating setback
双语例句
- That would hit the human population with the double whammy of dramatically reduced agricultural production and widespread loss of vegetation, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation.
这种特大规模的火山爆发会使人类遭受双重打击：农业产量的急剧下降和大范围的植被损失，结果会造成大范围的食物短缺和因饥而亡的现象。 - 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。 - God knows they may even show up with coffee cups, which could be the double whammy given the "potentially carcinogenic" risk of every Starbucks latte on earth.
天晓得，有的人甚至会带着咖啡杯到医院，这可真是雪上加霜，因为每一杯星巴克（Starbucks）拿铁咖啡都是“可能致癌”的。 - Children suffer from a double whammy in South East Asia, says Professor Morgan.
摩根教授说：东南亚孩子是祸不单行。 - 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。 - A: Yesterday wad a real double whammy.
我昨天真是祸不单行。 - I had a double whammy against me.
我有两个致命伤。 - 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。 - Art direction was a double whammy, going to two Italians who'd worked on "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" with a mostly British cast and crew.
艺术指导更是加倍的晦气，给了大部分剧组成员是英国人的《理发师陶德》中的两个意大利人。 - New retirees faced "the double whammy of living on a fixed income while managing existing credit commitments".
新退休者面临着“靠固定收入生活的同时应付现有贷款的双重压力”。