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

• 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 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。
• '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。
• The proposals amount to a triple whammy that could end up reducing the flow of talent to the UK, decreasing innovativeness and removing a major source of economic development.
  这些提案是对英国的三重打击：最终可能会减少英国的人才流入，降低其创新能力，使经济发展丧失一个主要动力。
• 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。
• If a person has a double whammy, what could we say to comfort him? Let's see a dialogue first.
  如果一个人祸不单行，那么我们该怎么说来安慰他呢？先来看一段对话。
• When the story broke, McDonald` s China business had been rebounding from the double whammy of a food safety scare and a bird flu outbreak that crushed sales in 2013.
  此时，麦当劳在中国的业务才刚刚从2013年的食品安全问题与禽流感的双重打击下恢复元气。
• 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。
• God knows they may even show up with coffee cups, which could be the double whammy given the "potentially carcinogenic" risk of every Starbucks latte on earth.
  天晓得，有的人甚至会带着咖啡杯到医院，这可真是雪上加霜，因为每一杯星巴克（Starbucks）拿铁咖啡都是“可能致癌”的。
• When the wind picks up, cinch down the Columbia Double Whammy's removable storm hood, and keep on skiing.
  移动风暴罩为你抵挡一切的寒风，并继续滑雪。