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

• I had a double whammy against me.
  我有两个致命伤。
• But the poor suffer a double whammy because they also spend a larger proportion of their income on food than those in richer countries.
  但贫困人口遭受双重打击，因为他们比发达国家的人们花费收入中更大的份额来购买粮食。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The slowdown in television sales over the last few years hit Sharp with a double whammy.
  过去几年电视机销售减速对夏普造成了双重打击。
• If a person has a double whammy, what could we say to comfort him? Let's see a dialogue first.
  如果一个人祸不单行，那么我们该怎么说来安慰他呢？先来看一段对话。
• Eurozone lenders face a double balance-sheet whammy.
  欧元区银行的资产负债表受到双面夹击。
• In the Arctic, soot is a double whammy.
  在北极，煤烟带来的打击是双倍的。