1. a combination of two usually adverse forces, circumstances, or effects
2. a situation that is bad in two different ways a situation in which two bad conditions exist at the same time or two bad things happen one after the other
double-whammy 例句
英汉例句
As the recession shrinks health care coverage for more households, experts warn of a double-whammy on all consumers.
随经济衰退缩减更多家庭的健康保健覆盖面,专家对所有消费者提出一个双重打击的警告。
In the American West, a burgeoning population created a double-whammy of surging power demands and dwindling freshwater supplies.
在美国西岸,蓬勃增长的人口产生了能源需求持续增加和淡水资源供应减少的双重打击。
「It was a double-whammy kind of thing,」 Mr. Kurundkar said.