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小词详解 | spiral
spiral 英 [ˈspaɪrəl] 美 [ˈspaɪrəl]
Fear proves contagious, leading to a spiral of self-fulfilling pessimism.
事实证明恐慌是会传染的,并最终让人们在悲观情绪中越陷越深。
——《经济学人》Over the years, I have filled many spiral notebooks with quotations.
这些年来,我在一大摞螺旋本上记下了很多语录。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 螺旋的
蜗牛壳呈螺旋形。
A snail's shell is spiral in form.
飞机盘旋降落,并成功着陆。
The plane spiralled down to the ground and landed safely.
急剧上升的成本压缩了利润空间。该行将倒闭的公司打算出售其盈利较差的业务。
Spiralling costs have squeezed profits. The moribund company is divesting its less profitable business operations.今年房价的持续下跌造成了市场的疲软。但与此同时,分析家们预计高得离谱的股票价格将持续上涨。
This year's downward spiral of house prices has depressed the market. But at the same time, analysts expect the exorbitant share price to remain buoyant.
Seems as if someone's on a downward spiral.
似乎有人在走下坡路啊。
coil: a length of something wound or arranged in a spiral or sequence of rings helix: an object having a three-dimensional shape like that of a wire wound uniformly in a single layer around a cylinder or cone, as in a corkscrew or spiral staircase curl: something having a spiral or inwardly curved form, especially a lock of hair