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。 - 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。 - And that good feeling has a ripple effect.
而良好的感觉产生了链锁反应。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - That is not only bad news for a country struggling to stimulate growth, it also threatens a ripple effect around the world: cheap made-in-China goods contained price rises around the world when that was a force for good.
这不仅对于一个正绞尽脑汁刺激增长的国家是个坏消息，其涟漪效应还可能波及全世界：廉价的中国制造商品曾在世界各地遏制价格上涨，起到有益的作用。