"snowballing" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 快速增加
• 滾雪球

Definition

像雪球滾動一樣，某事迅速增加或變得越來越大。常用來形容問題、影響或增長不斷累積。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多為口語。常與'問題'、'債務'、'影響'等詞連用。指某事快速增長、難以控制。一般不用於具體物體，多指情況或抽象事物。

Examples

The costs are snowballing fast.

成本正在**快速增加**。

His debt is snowballing every month.

他的債務每個月都在**滾雪球**。

Our problems have been snowballing since last year.

我們的問題自去年以來一直在**滾雪球**。

Things just keep snowballing at work, and I'm exhausted.

工作上的事情一直在**滾雪球**，我快累壞了。

What started as a tiny mistake is now snowballing into a real issue.

最初只是一個小錯誤，現在已經**演變成大問題**了。

Rumors around here have a way of snowballing overnight.

這裡的謠言總是一夜之間**越傳越多**。