ripple effect

英 [ˈrɪpl ɪfekt]

美 [ˈrɪpl ɪfekt]

n.  连锁反应

计算机

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
  1. 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。

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Practice waking up and being grateful for simply being alive that day and see the ripple effect it creates.
  练习醒来的时候仅仅为自己那天还活着心存感恩，看看这样做带来的连锁反应吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。