whammy

US [ˈhwæmi]
UK ['wæmi]
  • n.晦气；倒霉事
  • Web剧烈的打击；坏运气；晦气歪米
Plural Form：whammies  

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whammy
n.
1.
晦气；倒霉事an unpleasant situation or event that causes problems for sb/sth
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，我们又是增加税收又是减少补贴，倒了双倍的霉。

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AllAll,晦气晦气,倒霉事倒霉事,剧烈的打击剧烈的打击,坏运气坏运气,晦气歪米晦气歪米
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1.
Since the double whammy of bad data, forecasters have been lining up to declare the onset of a US recession.
由于这些不尽人意的数据带来的双重打击，预测者们纷纷宣布，美国经济将步入衰退。
yóu yú zhè xiē bú jìn rén yì de shù jù dài lái de shuāng chóng dǎ jī , yù cè zhě men fēn fēn xuān bù , měi guó jīng jì jiāng bù rù shuāi tuì 。
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2.
So there might be something of a double whammy happening there if the US had a severe downturn.
因此，如果美国出现严重的经济萧条，这里可能就会受到种双重的剧烈打击。
yīn cǐ , rú guǒ měi guó chū xiàn yán zhòng de jīng jì xiāo tiáo , zhè lǐ kě néng jiù huì shòu dào zhǒng shuāng chóng de jù liè dǎ jī 。
web.worldbank.org
3.
That double whammy will at some point bring the price surge to an end and take the wind out of real-estate developers' sails.
在这种双重打击之下，房价激增的现象将在某个特定时刻消失，地产开发商将受到冲击。
zài zhè zhǒng shuāng chóng dǎ jī zhī xià , fáng jià jī zēng de xiàn xiàng jiāng zài mǒu gè tè dìng shí kè xiāo shī , dì chǎn kāi fā shāng jiāng shòu dào chōng jī 。
c.wsj.com
4.
That said, the double whammy of lack of agreement on ends and lack of agreement on means. . . is particularly problematic.
也就是说，对于目的和手段均缺乏共识的这项双重缺点……特别构成问题。
yě jiù shì shuō , duì yú mù dì hé shǒu duàn jūn quē fá gòng shí de zhè xiàng shuāng chóng quē diǎn … … tè bié gòu chéng wèn tí 。
www.lihpao.com
5.
He lost his job and then his wife left him away. It was a double whammy.
他失业了然后妻子又离他而去。这真是双重的打击。
tā shī yè liǎo rán hòu qī zi yòu lí tā ér qù 。 zhè zhēn shì shuāng chóng de dǎ jī 。
blog.hjenglish.com
6.
To be both a psychiatrist and a poet is either a dual calling or a double whammy, depending on what you choose to emphasize.
同时具有精神病医师和诗人两种身分究竟只意味着双重的职业还是倒霉的恶运？这要取决于你侧重于哪一方面。
tóng shí jù yǒu jīng shén bìng yī shī hé shī rén liǎng zhǒng shēn fèn jiū jìng zhǐ yì wèi zhe shuāng chóng de zhí yè hái shì dǎo méi de è yùn ? zhè yào qǔ jué yú nǐ cè zhòng yú nǎ yì fāng miàn 。
www.elanso.com
7.
Peter and Jane had a crash in their car, and then suffered a double whammy when they found their house had been burgled while they were out.
彼得和简先是撞了车，随后又发现他们外出时家里被盗了。真是祸不单行。
bǐ de hé jiǎn xiān shì zhuàng le chē , suí hòu yòu fā xiàn tā men wài chū shí jiā lǐ bèi dào le 。 zhēn shì huò bù dān xíng 。
www.chinadaily.com.cn
8.
Hit with the double whammy, some commodities in May went through the deepest pullback since the onset of the financial crisis.
二季度金融市场回顾受双重打击影响，5月部分大宗商品出现了自金融危机开始以来的最大跌幅。
èr jì dù jīn róng shì chǎng huí gù shòu shuāng chóng dǎ jī yǐng xiǎng , wǔ yuè bù fen dà zōng shāng pǐn chū xiàn le zì jīn róng wēi jī kāi shǐ yǐ lái de zuì dà diē fú 。
chinese.wsj.com
9.
Elijah: Vervain? What? I didn't mind-whammy her. She just wants to see me naked.
以叔：马鞭草？神马？我没控制她，她只是想看我裸体[换衣服]而已。
yǐ shū : mǎ biān cǎo ? shén mǎ ? wǒ méi kòng zhì tā , tā zhǐ shì xiǎng kàn wǒ luǒ tǐ [ huàn yī fu ] ér yǐ 。
tieba.baidu.com
10.
Make it a double whammy and include your story in your how-to articles.
使这成为一个双重冲击，包括你指导性文章中讲述的故事。
shǐ zhè chéng wéi yī gè shuāng chóng chōng jī , bāo kuò nǐ zhǐ dǎo xìng wén zhāng zhōng jiǎng shù de gù shi 。
www.yayan123.com
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