whammy

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++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

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whammy• 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 wham

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whammy
wham‧my /ˈwæmi/ noun [singular] informal1. double/triple whammy 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:
    The government’s policy is higher tax and higher interest rates. It’s a double whammy.
2. put the whammy on somebody American English to use magic to make someone have bad luck

whammyBrE /ˈwæmi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwæmi/ 🔊 noun (

plural

whammies) (informal) an unpleasant situation or event that causes problems for sb/sth 晦气；倒霉事◆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。🔊🔊 ORIGIN From the 1950s American cartoon Li'l Abner, in which one of the characters could shoot a whammy (put a curse on sb) by pointing a finger with one eye open, or a double whammy with both eyes open. 源自 20 世纪 50 年代美国的漫画《利尔 · 阿布纳》。其中一个人物睁一只眼时用手指指着可施一个诅咒，睁两只眼睛可施两个诅咒。