"snowballed" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 迅速增加
• 失控

Definition

當某事「迅速增加」時，意思是它變得越來越大或越來越嚴重，常常難以控制。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

‘Snowballed’ 通常用於過去式，描述問題、局勢等迅速擴大或惡化（也可指積極增長）。常見於口語與書面語。

Examples

The problem quickly snowballed and became very hard to solve.

問題很快**迅速增加**，變得很難解決。

Her excitement about the trip snowballed as the date got closer.

她對旅行的興奮隨著日期臨近**迅速增加**。

The small mistake snowballed into a big problem.

小錯誤**失控**，變成了大問題。

At first, it was just a rumor, but it snowballed into a huge scandal.

一開始只是一個謠言，結果**迅速增加**成為了大醜聞。

Our costs snowballed after we missed the first deadline.

我們錯過第一次截止後，成本**迅速增加**。

What started as a small idea snowballed into a worldwide movement.

最初只是個小想法，後來**迅速增加**成為了全球運動。