ripple effect

1. N-COUNT If an event or action has a ripple effect, it causes several other events to happen one after the other. 連鎖反應

Ships could be diverted to other ports and that would have a serious ripple effect through the local economy. 可以把貨輪轉曏其他港口，那樣的話可能會對儅地經(jīng)濟造成嚴重的連鎖反應。