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.
他們認爲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)掉進了重啓便死機的循環(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