每日學英語:Slippery slope 滑坡效應

2023-10-18 14:08:14  每日學英語
“slippery slope”別理解成“濕滑的斜坡”,引申為滑坡效應(指壞情況或壞習慣一旦開始就很可能變得愈加嚴重)。

【例句】
The company started down the slippery slope of believing that they knew better than the customer, with the inevitable disastrous results.
這家公司開始有滑坡效應,相信他們比客戶更了解自己,結果是不可避免的災難性后果。

That said, Microsoft also realizes that it may have created a slippery slope.
此外,微軟也意識到公司此舉可能會造成一種連鎖效應。

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