雙重打擊,用英語怎麼表達

「禍不單行或雙重打擊」用英語表達是 double whammy [ˈwæmi]，它寓意：

1、situation where two bad things happen at the same time

兩件壞事同時發生的情況

2、double blow or setback

雙重打擊或挫折

例如：

1、Boss fired me from the job and I lost my wallet too, what a double whammy!

老闆解僱了我，我的錢包也丟了，真是禍不單行啊!

2、It is a double whammy for Lara, she lost his son and husband in a terrible road accident.

這對蘿拉來說是雙重打擊，她在可怕的交通事故中失去了他的兒子和丈夫。

3、Media claims the cut in public spending coupled with a pay freeze is a double whammy for low-paid workers.

媒體稱，削減公共開支和凍結工資對低收入工人來說是雙重打擊。

解析：coupled with a pay freeze 過去分詞短語作定語，置於其所修飾的名詞 public spending 之後，其意義相當於一個定語從句，但較從句簡潔，多用於書面語中，相當於定語從句：

public spending which is coupled with a pay freeze

4、With the heat-wave and the electricity breakdown problems, Indians were hit with a double whammy this summer.

由於熱浪和電力故障問題，今年夏天印度人受到了雙重打擊。

5、Indian public have faced the double whammy of rising rupees[ruːˈpiː] and falling incomes.

印度公眾面臨盧比上漲和收入下降的雙重打擊。

解析：現在分詞 rising 和 falling 分別表示被修飾名詞 rupee 和 income 的狀態。

6、Farmers have faced the double whammy of a rising dollar and falling agricultural prices.

農民們面臨著美元上漲和農產品價格下跌的雙重打擊。

7、Consumers were hit by the double whammy of rising interest rates and gasoline prices.

消費者受到利率和汽油價格上漲的雙重打擊。