whammy

1. N-SING Whammy is used in expressions such as double whammy and triple whammy to indicate that two or three unpleasant or difficult situations occur at the same time, or occur one after the other. (睏難或打擊)同時(shí)到來; 相繼發(fā)生[journalism] [adj N]

We have a double whammy: inflation coupled with recession. 我們禍不單行：通貨膨脹加上經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退。