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

• Those nonprofits learned a painful lesson: Attempting to start an unrelated business venture means they were hit with a double whammy.
  这些非营利组织学到了痛苦的一课：尝试非营无关业务意味着他们腹背受敌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• A: Yesterday wad a real double whammy.
  我昨天真是祸不单行。
• 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。