ripple effect
英 [ˈrɪpl ɪfekt]
美 [ˈrɪpl ɪfekt]
n. 连锁反应
牛津词典
noun
- 连锁反应
a situation in which an event or action has an effect on sth, which then has an effect on sth else- His resignation will have a ripple effect on the whole department.
他的辞职将会在整个部门中引起连锁反应。
- His resignation will have a ripple effect on the whole department.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 连锁反应;涟漪作用
If an event or action has aripple effect, it causes several other events to happen one after the other.- Delayed flights have a ripple effect. Just one late flight could be carrying passengers for a dozen connecting services.
航班晚点会引发连锁反应。仅仅一趟晚点的航班就可能运载着许多需要转机的乘客。
- Delayed flights have a ripple effect. Just one late flight could be carrying passengers for a dozen connecting services.
双语例句
- For example, if conditions in the international oil markets result in an increase in the price of crude oil, there could be a ripple effect.
例如，国际石油市场环境的变化可能导致原油价格的上涨，这亦会引发连锁反应。 - Then it was like this ripple effect of people not wanting to be sick and wanting inexpensive products that looked good and worked well.
人们不希望得病，同时还希望买到既便宜、又美观而且实用的产品，但很难买到，这就像连锁反应。 - Those deviations tend to have a ripple effect throughout the economy as a whole ( Tom Clancy)
那些偏差看来对整个经济都要产生连锁反应（汤姆克兰西） - The increase in restructuring has had a ripple effect on these other speciality areas, because it's not all what you would call pure bankruptcy, Mr Davis says.
戴维斯表示：重组业务的增加，给其它这些专业领域带来了连锁效应，因为这不全是所谓的单纯破产。 - And yet, some expect that too much cost cutting could cause a ripple effect across local and state governments.
然而，有人预计巨大的成本削减会对州政府和联邦政府产生涟漪效应。 - And it likely had a ripple effect by not worsening the condition of frail patients who ultimately died of something else, government health scientists said.
这也可能产生一个连锁效应，使最终死于其它疾病的体质虚弱病人的病情不致因流感而恶化，政府卫生科学家说。 - The decisions of the Big Three catalyze market moves in often unpredictable ways, creating a strong ripple effect.
这三大公司的决定往往会催化市场产生一些难以预料的波动，产生很大的涟漪效应。 - The bank crash has had a ripple effect on the whole community.
银行倒闭对整个社会产生了波及影响。 - Talks between Barclays and ABN Amro will have a ripple effect in Europe as more financial institutions groups look at cross-border mergers.
随着更多金融机构着眼于跨境并购，巴克莱（Barclays）和荷兰银行（ABNAMRO）之间的谈判将在欧洲造成连锁反应。 - Whatever the motivation for her suicide, the actress's death has raised fears about a ripple effect.
无论什么动机致使崔真实自杀，对其死因的担忧引起了一系列的连锁反应。