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

• Their day of reckoning is not long off.
  他们清算的日子不长了。
• But cheap goods from China – coupled with US monetary and fiscal policies that were locked into pro-growth settings – postponed the day of reckoning.
  但来自中国的廉价商品，加上美国坚定的促增长货币和财政政策，推迟了清算日的到来。
• 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。
• To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.
  对于珍惜时间的人，每天都是需要精打细算的。
• "The period of low interest rates in 2001 forestalled the day of reckoning for the consumer, and that set up a much larger consumer debt bubble," William Cunningham, global head of credit strategy at State Street Global advisors, said.
  “2001年的低利率迟滞了消费者结算的时间，并且催生了一个更大的消费信贷泡沫，”道富环球投资管理（statestreetglobaladvisors）信贷策略部门全球主管威廉坎宁安（williamcunningham）说。
• But that only delayed the day of reckoning.
  但这只能推迟摊牌的时间。
• The day of reckoning had not yet come for him.
  他遭报应的日子还没有来到。
• We merely put off the day of reckoning.
  我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。
• 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。
• Marc Faber, of the "Gloom, Boom& Doom" newsletter, was also among those calling for a day of reckoning in China's housing market last year.
  马克法•伯尔，创立“忧郁，繁荣与死亡”时事通讯，也是去年要求对中国房地产市场进行清算的那些人中的一个。