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
- 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。 - 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。 - Also, there's tight coupling between applications, because changes made to the database have a ripple effect, which makes the design of the shared database difficult.
而且应用程序之间还存在着紧密耦合关系，由于对数据库的更改有一个连锁反应，因此这使得共享数据库的设计变得非常困难。 - 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。 - Snow and ice storms have closed highways and rail lines across central China, with the ripple effect back through the national transport system felt most keenly in Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong Province.
中国中部地区的高速公路与铁路因雪灾及冰暴原因关闭，这在全国运输系统中产生了连锁反应，而最受影响最大的莫过于广州，它是南方省份广东的省会。 - That move, in turn, has had a ripple effect on lawyers 'salaries across the country.
此举对全国的律师工资产生了连锁反应。 - The movement has started by shaming endowments, hoping to produce a ripple effect and transform energy producers into sin stocks akin to tobacco companies.
该运动从羞辱基金会开始，希望以此产生连锁反应，让能源生产企业变为类似于烟草公司的罪恶股票（sinstocks）。 - 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。 - Now that the brakes are coming on in China, however, a ripple effect is inevitable as demand for oil, iron ore and all the other commodities required to industrialise the country shrinks.
不过，既然现在中国也开始“刹车”，随着中国工业化所需的石油、铁矿石以及其它所有大宗商品的需求收缩，涟漪效应是不可避免的。 - It is important to watch for a ripple effect and carefully monitor any decisions to alter standards.
监视连锁反应并且仔细监视任何改变标准的决定是重要的。