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。
1.〈美俚〉不祥之物;诅咒;狠毒的眼光
1.something very difficult or unpleasant that unexpectedly happens to someone. A double whammy is two bad things happening close together.
1.Since the double whammy of bad data, forecasters have been lining up to declare the onset of a US recession.
由于这些不尽人意的数据带来的双重打击，预测者们纷纷宣布，美国经济将步入衰退。
2.So there might be something of a double whammy happening there if the US had a severe downturn.
因此，如果美国出现严重的经济萧条，这里可能就会受到种双重的剧烈打击。
3.That double whammy will at some point bring the price surge to an end and take the wind out of real-estate developers' sails.
在这种双重打击之下，房价激增的现象将在某个特定时刻消失，地产开发商将受到冲击。
4.That said, the double whammy of lack of agreement on ends and lack of agreement on means. . . is particularly problematic.
也就是说，对于目的和手段均缺乏共识的这项双重缺点……特别构成问题。
5.He lost his job and then his wife left him away. It was a double whammy.
他失业了然后妻子又离他而去。这真是双重的打击。
6.To be both a psychiatrist and a poet is either a dual calling or a double whammy, depending on what you choose to emphasize.
同时具有精神病医师和诗人两种身分究竟只意味着双重的职业还是倒霉的恶运？这要取决于你侧重于哪一方面。
7.Peter and Jane had a crash in their car, and then suffered a double whammy when they found their house had been burgled while they were out.
彼得和简先是撞了车，随后又发现他们外出时家里被盗了。真是祸不单行。
8.Hit with the double whammy, some commodities in May went through the deepest pullback since the onset of the financial crisis.
二季度金融市场回顾受双重打击影响，5月部分大宗商品出现了自金融危机开始以来的最大跌幅。
9.Elijah: Vervain? What? I didn't mind-whammy her. She just wants to see me naked.
以叔：马鞭草？神马？我没控制她，她只是想看我裸体[换衣服]而已。
10.Make it a double whammy and include your story in your how-to articles.
使这成为一个双重冲击，包括你指导性文章中讲述的故事。