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。 - However, not to be overlooked is the indirect income, which will mainly come as a ripple effect of hosting many companies and related personnel in the U-CITY.
然而，很多公司和相关人员在U型城市所产生的连锁间接收入不容忽视。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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） - 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。 - 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）。 - After sending shockwaves through financial markets this summer, the Fed came under international pressure to communicate more clearly, but its mandate to focus on US jobs and inflation means it does not consider the overseas ripple effect of its decisions.
今年夏天通过金融市场释放冲击波之后，美联储面临国际压力，要求其更加清晰地传递信息，但美联储聚焦于美国就业和通胀的使命意味着，它在决策过程中不会考虑海外连锁效应。 - 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。 - 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。