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。 - 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。 - 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。 - In China, projects like the South-North Water Diversion Project just delay the day of reckoning.
在中国，像南水北调这样的工程项目只能推迟算总帐的日子。 - 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。 - 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。 - Their day of reckoning is not long off.
他们清算的日子不长了。 - 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 merely put off the day of reckoning.
我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。 - If so, the Assads have one choice left, which is how much blood to spill to delay their day of reckoning.
若是这样，阿萨德政府就只剩下一个选择：为了推迟他们的最后审判日，还需要流多少血。