day of reckoning

英 [deɪ ɒv ˈrekənɪŋ]

美 [deɪ əv ˈrekənɪŋ]

n. 清算之时;报应到来的日子

柯林斯词典

N-SING 清算之时;报应到来的日子
If someone talks about theday of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.
1. 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。

noun

an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
1. everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
2. that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world
Synonym:doomdoomsdayend of the world
(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
Synonym:Judgment DayJudgement DayDay of JudgmentDay of JudgementDoomsdayLast JudgmentLast JudgementLast Dayeschatondoomsdaycrack of doomend of the world

There will be a day of reckoning for what you have done to me!
你对我所做的一切，总有一天要遭报应的。
In China, projects like the South-North Water Diversion Project just delay the day of reckoning.
在中国，像南水北调这样的工程项目只能推迟算总帐的日子。
How can they not feel under pressure throughout college to prepare for this day of reckoning?
为准备迎接这一结账之日，他们又怎能不在整个大学期间感到处在压力之下呢？
Their day of reckoning is not long off.
他们清算的日子不长了。
The day of reckoning had not yet come for him.
他遭报应的日子还没有来到。
What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar?
到降罚的日子，有灾祸从远方临到，那时，你们怎样行呢？
How distant those times seemed now, he reflected. You're enjoying yourself now, but a day of reckoning will come.
他在想那些日子现在已显得多麽遥远.别看你现在逍遥，将来会遭报应的。
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。
Version compatibility can help delay this "day of reckoning" but won't eliminate it.
版本兼容性可以帮助延迟这个“最后审判日”，但却不能消除这个问题。
The day of reckoning will come when the high economic growth rate finally falters.
当经济高速增长最终难以为继时，灾难就将来临。