on a slippery slope的意思|示意

If they dined or swam or danced together, southern white men feared, they were on a slippery slope towards sleeping together.

如果他们一起进餐，游泳或者跳舞，白人男性就会表现的极为不安，害怕他们有睡在一起的危险。

She warns that passing on a narrow set of preferences is a slippery slope.

她警告称，传承一套狭隘的偏好是一种灾难性的滑坡现象。

Climbers can strap sharp nails on to help get a foothold on a slippery slope.

登山运动员可以在靴子上捆上尖钉，这样有助于在很滑的陡坡上站住脚。

It's also a tool to help you avoid the slippery slope of competing on price alone and thereby eating into the margins you need to earn more than a subsistence wage.

这还有助于你避免因单独的价格战而引起的灾难性急剧下滑；因此，你不仅能赚取足以维持基本运营的最低收入，还将获得广阔的利润空间。

They made one small error and stepped out on that slippery slope, then tried to cover up that error, cover up that error until eventually they dug themselves a hole they couldn't get out.

他们都犯了一个小错误，然后就走上了不归路，试图掩盖之前的错误，然后一直掩盖下去，直到最后，他们自掘坟墓，无法自保。

Alexander Apostolides of the European University of Cyprus laments the lack of urgency. “There is not a feeling that we are on a slippery slope.”

塞浦路斯欧洲大学的亚历山大•阿波斯托利季斯为政策的不力感到遗憾：“我们甚至没有觉得我们在走下坡路。”