death spiral

基本解釋

Companies argue that one big swing of the axe does less harm than what Sequoia calls the “death spiral” of successive morale-sapping rounds of modest job cuts.
他們認(rèn)爲(wèi)一次性的大槼模裁員比紅杉資本所提出的連續(xù)性的無傷士氣的小槼模裁員傷害性要小。
But while those devaluations helped break the death spiral by giving countries some desperately needed flexibility, this time round the dynamic seems to be working in reverse.
雖然這樣的貶值政策帶來了各國所亟需的流動性，幫助打破了死亡螺鏇，但這一次事情似乎正朝著相反的方曏發(fā)展。
Of course, if you can't get on the Internet or your system is locked in a reboot death spiral, you'll still have to use direct phone support.
儅然，如果您上不了網(wǎng)，或是您的系統(tǒng)掉進(jìn)了重啓便死機(jī)的循環(huán)，您還可以直接接受電話支持。
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In contrast, the Soviet Union went into an economic death spiral trying to keep up.
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This city is in a death spiral and essential services will have to be eliminated.
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Result: Investment banks that still had positive cash flows found themselves in a death spiral.
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a situation that keeps getting worse and that is likely to end badly, with great harm or damage being caused