an unpleasant or disastrous destiny;

"everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"

"that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"

(New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will decree the fates of all men according to the good and evil of their earthly lives

whatever one thinks of mr obama’s reforms, there is no denying that they have brought that day of reckoning closer.

无论别人怎么评价奥式改革，不可否认的是最终盘点日的脚步更近了。

you「re enjoying yourself now, but a day of reckoning will come.

别看你现在逍遥，将来会遭报应的。

well that day of reckoning has arrived, and the time to take charge of our future is here.

好了，算账的一天终于来了，而担负未来的时刻就在现在。

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。

in this environment, whether annual health care costs rise or fall by 1% or even 5% is irrelevant — all we do is move the day of reckoning less than 1 year closer or farther away.

在这种环境下，无论是每年的卫生保健费用上升或下降1％甚至5％都是无关紧要的-我们所能做的便是变动计算天数不到1年或更远一点。

china」s final day of reckoning is probably 10 years away.

中国距离最后的灾难时刻可能还有十年时间。

some argue the danger is overstated; others think the day of reckoning may be 5 or 10 years off.

一些人争辩说危险是夸大其词，另一些人认为在5到10年内会东窗事发。

i thought my day of reckoning with china「s grip on the feet of america」s children was still months away.

我原以为美国小孩与中国鞋子这个难题在几个月才会出现。

california governor arnold schwarzenegger said yesterday that the day of reckoning is here.

加州州长阿诺·施瓦辛格昨天说「现在是清算的日子了。」

no longer. for many big american companies, the day of reckoning came two months ago when the deepening financial crisis brought about the abrupt closure of the overnight commercial-paper market.

大概两个月以前,当金融危机导致商业票据市场一夜之间轰塌之际,许多大型美国公司再怀疑.连履行像给员工发工资这样最基本的义务都使很多有声望的企业陷入绝望的境地.

it could not run deficits for ever but the day of reckoning might be years away.

美国不能永远都是赤字，但买单的日子似乎还有很多年。

the u.s. dollar「s day of reckoning is coming and only americans who prepare now will survive.

对美元的清算时刻正在到来，只有那些现在就做準备的美国人才能幸存。

ms bolton’s ruling merely postpones the day of reckoning for 1070, which in due course may have to go to the supreme court.

博尔顿女士的裁决仅仅是推迟1070号法律生效的宣判时间。本来这应该交由最高法院来判定。

it has several tools to alter its cashflow, but these measures can only last about eight weeks or so, pushing backthe day of reckoning to mid-july at the latest.

财政部有一些方法可以改变现金流，但这些仅能维持八周左右，最晚推迟至七月中旬。

the day of reckoning had not yet come for him.

那时就到了个人清算总帐的日子了。

you can」t help conclude that we're heading for one hell of a day of reckoning with all this.

这不禁让人觉得，到了清算这一切的那天，我们都会一头栽进地狱。

that firm may be able to evade the law at present, but there will be a day of reckoning sooner or later.

那家公司也许现在能逃脱法网，但迟早有一天要受到惩罚的。