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

• But that only delayed the day of reckoning.
  但这只能推迟摊牌的时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Cheap money and capital flows fuel growth booms in the short run. But the day of reckoning always comes: those that borrow most suffer the biggest growth collapses from sudden stops of capital.
  短期内廉价货币和资金流动可以刺激增长，但最后审判日注定会到来：资金骤停会让举债最多的国家遭遇最严重的增长崩溃。
• We merely put off the day of reckoning.
  我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。