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

• 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。
• 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。
• But while those efforts were starting to pay off with improved profitability, Sony was hit with a double whammy of a severe economic slowdown in its key markets and a strong yen.
  但尽管这些做法开始产生效果，利润率出现了提高，但索尼还是受到了其主要市场经济严重放缓和日圆走强的双重打击。
• That would hit the human population with the double whammy of dramatically reduced agricultural production and widespread loss of vegetation, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation.
  这种特大规模的火山爆发会使人类遭受双重打击：农业产量的急剧下降和大范围的植被损失，结果会造成大范围的食物短缺和因饥而亡的现象。
• I had a double whammy against me.
  我有两个致命伤。
• According to Davison, this desirable double whammy will have the positive effect of diminishing supply and pushing up prices.
  戴维森表示，这种符合需要的双料打击将产生有利影响，导致供给下降，并推高价格。
• So there might be something of a double whammy happening there if the US had a severe downturn.
  因此，如果美国出现严重的经济萧条，这里可能就会受到种双重的剧烈打击。
• 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。
• 'During the holidays, we reach the limits on the capacity of these retailers,' Mr. Best said. 'It's a double whammy for conservative retailers, which have been burned by excess inventory in the past, and underestimated demand.'
  贝斯特说，节日期间，零售商的能力都达到极限，保守的零售商则遭到双重打击，他们过去因为库存积压而焦头烂额，这一次却低估了需求。
• In the Arctic, soot is a double whammy.
  在北极，煤烟带来的打击是双倍的。