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

• 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。
• The language continues to benefit from the triple whammy of its simplicity ( except for spelling), the British empire and the American century.
  英语有三大杀手锏：语言简单（拼写除外）、大英帝国的辉煌以及后来的美国世纪。这三点至今仍在让英语受益。
• Now, the double whammy of redundancies, resulting from the economic downturn, and more young people thinking twice about university because of huge rises in tuition fees, might suggest the banking sector can meet its requirements without trying too hard.
  如今，一方面是经济低迷导致裁员，另一方面是学费高涨导致更多年轻人对上大学感到踌躇，在这两个因素的双重作用下，银行业大概用不着太费劲就能够满足人才需求吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• Art direction was a double whammy, going to two Italians who'd worked on "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" with a mostly British cast and crew.
  艺术指导更是加倍的晦气，给了大部分剧组成员是英国人的《理发师陶德》中的两个意大利人。
• The problem: The junk bond market will soon face a double whammy: higher interest rates and a wall of maturities.
  问题是：垃圾债券市场将很快面临双重打击：高利率和到期难。
• New retirees faced "the double whammy of living on a fixed income while managing existing credit commitments".
  新退休者面临着“靠固定收入生活的同时应付现有贷款的双重压力”。
• 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。
• 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。