So you're implementing this black box, and if its purpose in life is to actually return a value, you have to tell the compiler what kind of value to expect, and this is going to have ripple effects.

你在实现这个黑盒子，如果它的目的是,返回一个值，你必须告诉编译器你期望的是什么类型的值，这个将是一个连锁反应。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

That's amazing, you can get atoms to smash atoms and create a chain reaction and create power-- that's a pretty amazing invention.

很惊人，你可以利用原子去做加速粒子,并产生连锁反应，然后创造能量-,那是个十分惊人的发明。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Even if a nuclear explosion took place and everything on earth got atomized and destroyed, through some bizzare science fiction chain reaction. They always do in the movies.

即使发生核爆炸,像某些离奇科幻小说里描述的，的连锁反应那样，一切都毁灭了,电影里经常可以看到的场面。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

All these things have ripple effects.

所有我们所做的都会产生连锁反应。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选