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.
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。

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

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。
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 had not yet come for him.
他遭报应的日子还没有来到。
He believes there is a limit to how long consumers can put off the day of reckoning.
他相信，消费者拖延最后“算帐”的时间总有个限度。
We merely put off the day of reckoning.
我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。
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。
Their day of reckoning is not long off.
他们清算的日子不长了。
The risk, however, is this simply delays the day of reckoning.
但问题是，这么做只是推迟了最终清算日的到来。
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？
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。