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

The obvious risk is that when a real day of reckoning does arrive it will be that much tougher.
显而易见的风险是，如果算总账的一天真正来临，情况会变得严峻得多。
Marc Faber, of the "Gloom, Boom& Doom" newsletter, was also among those calling for a day of reckoning in China's housing market last year.
马克法•伯尔，创立“忧郁，繁荣与死亡”时事通讯，也是去年要求对中国房地产市场进行清算的那些人中的一个。
The day of reckoning has been postponed yet again.
算总账的日子再一次推迟了。
The day of reckoning had not yet come for him.
他遭报应的日子还没有来到。
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。
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。
Their day of reckoning is not long off.
他们清算的日子不长了。
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。
To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.
对于珍惜时间的人，每天都是需要精打细算的。
What, though, of the fearful Day of Reckoning?
但是，什么是可怕的审判日？