英语释义

1. a situation in which something continuously decreases or gets worse
Her life was in a downward spiral as she battled depression and addiction.

片语

serious global downward spiral世界经济严重下滑

Downward Spiral Prologue罪恶漩涡序章

Spins its downward spiral螺旋向下不断旋转

downward d spiral螺旋形下降

Downward Spiral Reawakening恶性循环觉醒

downward demand spiral向下需求旋转

a downward spiral of下降

Spiral downward剧降

英汉例句

• this downward spiral may have been exacerbated by europe「s efforts to cut the value of greek sovereign debt without triggering a payout on credit-default-swap contracts.

  欧洲尝试在不必为信贷违约掉期合同埋单的情况下削减希腊主权债务，这更加剧了下行螺旋。

• the organizational equivalent of a starvation diet is a downward spiral that destroys a team」s muscle and ability to execute.

  饑饿节食的组织的等价物是一条破坏团队的肌肉和执行能力的向下的螺旋。

• punishment can lead to a downward spiral of retaliation, with destructive outcomes for everybody involved.

  惩罚会导致报复性的向下螺旋，同时也给卷入其中的人们带来破坏性的后果。

• according to everett worthington, 「depression is a downward spiral begun by loss of control and made worse by lack of energy and negative thinking」.

  everettworthington说：“抑郁就像一个向下旋转的漩涡，因为人们失去了控制，并且会由于缺乏精力和负面思维而变得更糟。

• when you fall into that downward spiral of negative emotions—those based in fear—you are taking a back seat and allowing your life to happen on a reactive basis.

  如果陷入负面情绪（源于害怕）的下行曲线，好比坐在车后座上，受之控制。

• reversing the downward spiral of biodiversity will take more than protecting wild places, but that’s where scientists are starting.

  反转生物多样性的下降趋势要比保护野生空间麻烦得多，科学家们正从这方面着手。

• provided there is no downward spiral in prices, it believes the economy will eventually heal itself.

  假使物价水平不再螺旋下降，银行认为经济最终会自己复苏。

• believing otherwise traps you in a vicious loop of stagnant health (at best) or a downward spiral of decaying health (at worst).

  相信我，它们要么对你的健康状况毫无改善，而且将你拉入恶性循环中（这还算好的），要么就让你的健康状况螺旋下降（这是最糟糕的了）。

• but these substances are terrible antidepressants and only worsen the underlying problem, leading to a downward spiral of depression and addiction.

  但用这些东西来抵抗抑郁癥，效果极差，反而加剧了潜在的问题，让患者掉入抑郁和上瘾的下降式螺旋之中。

• a downward spiral had began.

  向下螺旋坠落便开始了 。

• because economies everywhere are suffering from excessive fear as well as over-borrowing, part of the aim is to convince investors that the downward spiral in confidence has been broken.

  由于所有经济实体都曾饱受过度借贷的恐惧，所以拯救计划的部分目标只是说服投资者信心螺旋下降已不复存在。

• there is a difficult balance between maintaining enough support to avoid a deflationary downward spiral on the one hand, and the longer-term costs of high debts and deficits on the other.

  一方面，要维持足够的支撑，以避免陷入落选向下的通货紧缩；另一方面，则是高负债和高赤字面临的长期成本，两者之间很难达成平衡。