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
- The day of reckoning could likely be delayed at least until early July with creative bookkeeping.
清算的日子可能可能会延迟至少直到七月初和有创造性的代理记帐。 - 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。 - 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。 - To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.
对于珍惜时间的人，每天都是需要精打细算的。 - A verifiable market-based trigger makes it impossible for a regulator to delay the day of reckoning.
一个基于市场的可核实的触发条件，令监管机构不可能再推迟摊牌的时间。 - 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？ - We all know the day of reckoning is coming, and start to cut back on spending to a degree, but it doesn't really hit home until the checks stop coming in.
我们都知道算帐的那一天正日益临近、我们也开始逐步收紧开支，但是直到真的再无支票入帐时我们才真正意识到自己没有收入了。 - You're enjoying yourself now, but a day of reckoning will come.
别看你现在逍遥，将来会遭报应的。 - 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。 - 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？