"spiralling" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 螺旋式上升
• 急遽增加
• 失控

Definition

以螺旋式方式移動，或（價格、成本、情況）急遽且失控地上升。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常用於形容價格、成本或局勢迅速惡化（如“spiralling prices”, “spiralling debt”）。既可字面指螺旋運動，也可比喻失控增長。常見搭配有“out of control”、“upward”、“downward”。

Examples

The bird was spiralling above the trees.

那隻鳥在樹上方**螺旋式盤旋**。

Prices are spiralling out of control.

物價正**失控般急遽上漲**。

My worries kept spiralling all night.

我的擔憂整晚都在**不斷加劇**。

The company's debts have been spiralling since last year.

公司的債務自去年以來一直在**急遽增加**。

He felt his anger spiralling after the argument.

爭論後，他感覺自己的憤怒在**急遽增長**。

What started as a small problem kept spiralling into something bigger.

最初只是個小問題，後來**不斷惡化**成更大的問題。