whammy

whammy

英音 ['wæmɪ] 美音 [ˈhwæmɪ, ˈwæmɪ]


基本翻译或解释:

n. 晦气,剧烈的打击

词源相关:

复数: whammies

详细解释:

whammy 晦气 来自wham,击,打,砰的声音,引申义晦气的。同时见短语double whammy,来自儿童漫画,“shoot a whammy”就是给某人下咒,double whammy就是下两个咒。

用法与例句:

That leaves many emerging markets facing a double whammy in 2009 .
这些行为将导致新兴国家在2009年面临双重打击。
The hope is that the double whammy will be more damaging to tumors .
希望是这会使肿瘤遭受更具破坏性的双重打击。
This kind of double whammy can be induced experimentally in other organs , too .
这样的双重打击,也可在其他器官实验地诱导发生。
The combination of fewer people working and not working efficiently is a double whammy .
劳动人口较少,再加之劳动效率较低,这两者综合在一起是对印度的双重打击。
The double whammy of graft in the poorest countries is that state funds are first diverted into private hands and then sent overseas .
最贫穷国家面临收受贿赂的双重打击是,首先国家资金被分到个人手里,然后再送往国外。
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