Climbers can strap sharp nails on to help get a foothold on a slippery slope.
登山运动员可以在靴子上捆上尖钉,这样有助于在很滑的陡坡上站住脚。
If they dined or swam or danced together, southern white men feared, they were on a slippery slope towards sleeping together.
如果他们一起进餐,游泳或者跳舞,白人男性就会表现的极为不安,害怕他们有睡在一起的危险。
Alexander Apostolides of the European University of Cyprus laments the lack of urgency. “There is not a feeling that we are on a slippery slope.”
塞浦路斯欧洲大学的亚历山大•阿波斯托利季斯为政策的不力感到遗憾:“我们甚至没有觉得我们在走下坡路。”
They made one small error and stepped out on that slippery slope, then tried to cover up that error, cover up that error until eventually they dug themselves a hole they couldn't get out.
他们都犯了一个小错误,然后就走上了不归路,试图掩盖之前的错误,然后一直掩盖下去,直到最后,他们自掘坟墓,无法自保。
It's also a tool to help you avoid the slippery slope of competing on price alone and thereby eating into the margins you need to earn more than a subsistence wage.
这还有助于你避免因单独的价格战而引起的灾难性急剧下滑;因此,你不仅能赚取足以维持基本运营的最低收入,还将获得广阔的利润空间。
The slope gets a little more slippery once we start dealing with people who criticize their employer on their blogs... or just discuss their job without permission.
但如果你在博客上批评的人是你的老板,或者在未经允许的情况下讨论工作,事情会变得更加严重。 最近令人瞩目的一个例子就是波兹曼市要求应聘者提供社交网站档案的用户名和密码(目前该规定已经取消)。
She warns that passing on a narrow set of preferences is a slippery slope.
她警告称,传承一套狭隘的偏好是一种灾难性的滑坡现象。
She warns that passing on a narrow set of preferences is a slippery slope.
她警告称,传承一套狭隘的偏好是一种灾难性的滑坡现象。
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