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

• Smuggled brands dealt a double whammy to the country, he added, because as well as not having local excise duty paid on them, they did not use locally grown tobacco.
  他补充说，由于走私品牌不使用马来西亚当地生产的烟叶，而且又不给当地缴纳消费税，因此，走私品牌给马来西亚带来了双重的打击。
• 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。
• A: Yesterday wad a real double whammy.
  我昨天真是祸不单行。
• '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。
• I had a double whammy against me.
  我有两个致命伤。
• Children suffer from a double whammy in South East Asia, says Professor Morgan.
  摩根教授说：东南亚孩子是祸不单行。
• The slowdown in television sales over the last few years hit Sharp with a double whammy.
  过去几年电视机销售减速对夏普造成了双重打击。
• In the Arctic, soot is a double whammy.
  在北极，煤烟带来的打击是双倍的。
• Eurozone lenders face a double balance-sheet whammy.
  欧元区银行的资产负债表受到双面夹击。
• 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。