day of reckoning

英 [deɪ ɒv ˈrekənɪŋ]

美 [deɪ əv ˈrekənɪŋ]

n.  清算之时;报应到来的日子

经济

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。

英英释义

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

双语例句

• The day of reckoning has been postponed yet again.
  算总账的日子再一次推迟了。
• 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 distant those times seemed now, he reflected. You're enjoying yourself now, but a day of reckoning will come.
  他在想那些日子现在已显得多麽遥远.别看你现在逍遥，将来会遭报应的。
• We merely put off the day of reckoning.
  我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But cheap goods from China – coupled with US monetary and fiscal policies that were locked into pro-growth settings – postponed the day of reckoning.
  但来自中国的廉价商品，加上美国坚定的促增长货币和财政政策，推迟了清算日的到来。