单词slippery slope
网络: 滑坡理論；滑坡谬误
" We don"t want to go down the slippery slope of banning activities like this . What would be next, banning breastfeeding ? " she said.
她说：“我们不想一下子就完全禁止这种行为。下一步呢？难道禁止母乳喂养吗？”
While many MBA students sound idealistic, their teachers warn that it"s easy to slide down the slippery slope.
很多MBA学院的想法也许有些理想主义，他们的老师警告称，要想堕落是很容易的。
We have to accept that once we start down the slippery slope of always (or never) believing, we end up in Alice-in-Wonderland territory.
我们必须承认，一旦我们开始一味地（或从不）相信，我们最终将会陷入“爱丽丝梦游仙境”的困境。
"When sales went down even further, they"d pinch even more. It was just a slippery slope they couldn"t recover from. "
“货越是卖不掉，他们就越抠每一个子儿。这就是个恶性循环，他们没法活转回来了。”
"What worries me is that this is a slippery slope: the thinking seems to be that inflation of 5% or 6% is fine, " says Mr Carvalho.
“我担心的是这是一个灾难性的急剧下滑：似乎是考虑通胀5%或者6%是合理的”卡瓦略说。
Sex selection for social reasons is illegal in the UK. But there"s the danger that this is part of a slippery slope.
在英国，由于社会原因的性别选择是非法的。但这项血液检测技术出现后，监管将变得十分困难。
They are practicing a form of "slippery slope" software development, she says, and users may not continue to stand for it.
她认为，Facebook正在走一条“滑坡式”的软式发展道路，而这很可能是用户们所无法继续接受的。
He claimed that voting yes but not sending troops would not have been "honest" and would have put Germany on a "slippery slope" .
他声称，投赞成票却不出兵，会显得“不诚实”，会让德国“坐蜡”。
When one of our kids started heading down that slippery slope, she just knew it.
我们的一个孩子成绩开始下滑时她就是知道的
What can be done to help people escape from the slippery slope of poor health, poor education and deprivation?
我们应该做什么来帮助那些健康走下坡路、教育程度低和贫困的人呢？