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
- 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。 - Not only has local wildlife suffered, including the extinction of highly insular species, but a ripple effect has impacted migratory birds worldwide.
不但本土野生动植物遭受创伤(包括高地海岛物种的消失),而且还波及到了世界范围内的迁徙鸟类。 - 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。 - 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。 - Decoupled data keeps a change in the database schema from causing a ripple effect of changes in workflow logic and the user interface.
降低数据的耦合度可以防止数据库模式的变化,这会导致业务逻辑和用户界面发生巨大的变化。 - Many Chinese exporters are starting to hoard the dollars they earn, betting that the yuan is unlikely to appreciate much more, a shift in strategy that is having a ripple effect throughout the country's financial system.
中国很多出口企业预计人民币不太可能再大幅升值,因此开始囤积它们的美元收入。这种策略正在对全国金融系统产生连带影响。 - 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 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。 - 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)。 - 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)