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单词 slippery slope
释义

slippery slope

noun

: a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences

Example Sentences

His behavior will lead him down a slippery slope to ruin.
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Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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