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 day of reckoning has been postponed yet again.
算总账的日子再一次推迟了。
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。
If so, the Assads have one choice left, which is how much blood to spill to delay their day of reckoning.
若是这样，阿萨德政府就只剩下一个选择：为了推迟他们的最后审判日，还需要流多少血。
Their day of reckoning is not long off.
他们清算的日子不长了。
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。
But cheap goods from China – coupled with US monetary and fiscal policies that were locked into pro-growth settings – postponed the day of reckoning.
但来自中国的廉价商品，加上美国坚定的促增长货币和财政政策，推迟了清算日的到来。
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。
We merely put off the day of reckoning.
我们只是推迟赎罪的日子。
He believes there is a limit to how long consumers can put off the day of reckoning.
他相信，消费者拖延最后“算帐”的时间总有个限度。
The day of reckoning had not yet come for him.
他遭报应的日子还没有来到。