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

• We all know the day of reckoning is coming, and start to cut back on spending to a degree, but it doesn't really hit home until the checks stop coming in.
  我们都知道算帐的那一天正日益临近、我们也开始逐步收紧开支，但是直到真的再无支票入帐时我们才真正意识到自己没有收入了。
• A verifiable market-based trigger makes it impossible for a regulator to delay the day of reckoning.
  一个基于市场的可核实的触发条件，令监管机构不可能再推迟摊牌的时间。
• 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。
• Their day of reckoning is not long off.
  他们清算的日子不长了。
• 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。
• In China, projects like the South-North Water Diversion Project just delay the day of reckoning.
  在中国，像南水北调这样的工程项目只能推迟算总帐的日子。
• What, though, of the fearful Day of Reckoning?
  但是，什么是可怕的审判日？
• Version compatibility can help delay this "day of reckoning" but won't eliminate it.
  版本兼容性可以帮助延迟这个“最后审判日”，但却不能消除这个问题。
• 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。
• 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。