| 单词 | slippery slope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslippery slope c. slippery slope figurative, a course leading to disaster or destruction. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > course leading to death spiral1948 slippery slope1951 the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > (a) course of conduct or action > specific highwaya1393 high road1613 tram-road1859 slippery slope1951 1951 J. Fleming Man who looked Back x. 132 You go off down the slippery slope; it'll do you good. 1964 Daily Tel. 6 Jan. 12/2 While Western feet thus approach what some fear may be a ‘slippery slope’ towards recognition of the East, Ulbricht's ground seems as firm as ever it was. 1979 N. Lash Theol. on Dover Beach iv. 74 It could be argued..that to give priority to love, to trust, to action, to commitment, is to start down the slippery slope along which rationality, objectivity and—eventually—truth are abandoned. < as lemmas |
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