cobra effect

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkəʊbɹə ɪˈfɛkt/|/ˌkɒ-/    美 /ˌkoʊbɹə ɪˈfɛk(t)/|/-əˈfɛk(t)/|/-iˈfɛk(t)/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The phenomenon where an attempted solution to a problem has an unintended consequence that makes the original problem worse.
    — The short term effects of not prototyping can appear to be highly beneficial. After all, our groups seem to grow by leaps and bounds. What, though, is to be said about the long term effects if we fail to prototype? The consistent result is that the church is fatally bitten by the "cobra effect".

词形变化

cobra effects plural

词源

From cobra + effect, a calque of German Kobra-Effekt, coined by the German economist Horst Siebert (1938–2009) in a 2001 book, from an anecdote about an incident during the British rule of colonial India in the 19th century in which the government, concerned about the large number of venomous cobras in Delhi, offered a bounty for each dead cobra turned in, which eventually led to enterprising people breeding more cobras for the income. When the government discontinued the programme the breeders set their cobras free, which led to an increase in the cobra population.
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