| 单词 |
whammy |
| 释义 |
wham·my /ˈwæmi/ noun [singular] informal 1 double/triple whammy informal two or three unpleasant things that happen at or around the same time and cause problems or difficulties for someone or for people in general 双重/三重倒霉事 The government’s policy is higher tax and higher interest rates. It’s a double whammy. 政府的政策是高税收和高利率，这真是双重打击。2. put the whammy on somebody informal American English to use magic to make someone have bad luck 用魔力使某人倒霉Examples from the Corpuswhammy• Is he aware that the Labour party will put up both - a double whammy?• In the political parlance of 1992, I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy.• Economic impudence plus political insensitivity combine to make a Kinnockian double whammy that I will vote Tory to avoid, however unenthusiastically.• Anyway, in a showbiz double whammy the boys with the buttocks have been talking to Bryan Burnett.• After the double whammy of rugby in Johannesburg and rowing with Redgrave, though, I more resembled a wizened old man.• We've each had our hot streaks, I won't deny: the whammy has changed hands many times.• Soften them up, then hit them with the whammy.Origin whammy (1900-2000) Probably from whamwham·my nounChineseSyllable happen around or at two unpleasant three or Corpus that things |
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