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英式音标:[ˈwæmi]英式读音
美式音标:[ˈhwæmi, ˈwæmi]美式读音
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概况:

n. 晦气;剧烈的打击

词义:

n.

晦气,剧烈的打击;

变形

复数:whammies

英英释义

whammy[ 'hwæmi ]

n.

a serious or devastating setback

an evil spell

"he put the whammy on me"

同义词:hexjinxcurse

用法:

词组短语

double whammy祸不单行;双重灾难

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

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。

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。

权威例句

A quadruple whammy for first-past-the-post

Whammy and double whammy: length effects in nonword naming

Whammy and double whammy: The effect of length on nonword reading

Diuretics, ACE inhibitors and NSAIDs--the triple whammy

COX-2 inhibitors and renal failure: the triple whammy revisited.

The nephrotoxic "triple whammy"of combining diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and NSAIDs [corrected].

Lung cancer gene associated with COPD: triple whammy or possible confounding effect?

Age, ethnicity, and mental illness: A triple whammy - We need validated assessment instruments for specific communities

"Quadruple whammy"- a preventable newly described syndrome of post-operative AKI in CKD II and CKD III patients on combination "Trip...

Erratum: COX-2 inhibitors and renal failure: The triple whammy revisited (Medical Journal of Australia (2000) 173 (274))
同义词:mishap
同根词:wham
英语词源:

whammy (n.)

often double whammy, "hex, evil eye," 1932, of unknown origin, popularized 1941 in Al Capp's comic strip "Li'l Abner," where it was the specialty of Evil-Eye Fleegle.

造句:

1. The eurozone member countries have, as a result, been suffering from the "double whammy" of weak domestic demand and falling global competitiveness.

结果是,欧元区成员国受到疲软的国内需求和全球竞争力下降的“双重打击”。

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2. Put the whammy on someone.

让…交厄运

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

3. put the whammy on a person

对某人施以魔法

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. A: Yesterday I had a real double whammy. My boss fired me, and my wife asked for a divorce.

我昨天真是祸不单行。老板把我炒鱿鱼,我太太又要求离婚。

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5. A: Yesterday was a real double whammy. My boss fired me and my wife asked for a divorce.

我昨天真是祸不单行。老板反我炒鱿鱼,太太又吵着要离婚。

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6. A: Yesterday wad a real double whammy. My bo fired me, and my wife asked for a divorce.

我昨天真是祸不单行。老板把我炒鱿鱼,我太太又要求要离婚。

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7. Yesterday was a real double whammy. My boss fired me and my wife asked for a divorce.

我昨天真是祸不单行。老板反我炒鱿鱼,太太又吵着要离婚。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

8. A: Yesterday wad a real double whammy. My boss fired me, and my wife asked for a divorce.

我昨天真是祸不单行。老板把我炒鱿鱼,我太太又要求要离婚。

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9. Although there are myriad proposals for building these biosensors, the double whammy of identifying a particular bioagent in less than two minutes, and doing so given a sample of only a few cells, has been difficult to achieve.

尽管人们对制造这类生物探测仪提出了成百上千的建议,但是要在不到两分钟的时间里确认具体的病原体,并已研究仅仅由几个细胞组成的这样一份样本,这种双重难度难以突破。

-- 来源 -- science - 汉英

10. double whammy(Two unpleasant situations or difficulties occur at the same time)

祸不单行

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

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