domino effect

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The situation in which one event sets off a chain of additional events.
    — While the move has, for now, calmed fears of a repeat of a 2008-style domino effect, the merger has left Switzerland with a new megabank on Paradeplatz square.
  2. The theory that, if South Vietnam became communist, it would be followed by Cambodia, Laos, and additional countries in Southeast Asia and beyond. historical

词形变化

domino effects plural

词源

An allusion to a row of dominoes in which the fall of one leads to a cascade of falling pieces.
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