snowballing
v. (计划、问题等)滚雪球似地迅速增大( snowball的现在分词 ); 根本不可能(做某事),机会渺茫
A snowball is a ball of snow. Children often throw snowballs at each other.
If something such as a project or campaign snowballs, it rapidly increases and grows.
From those early days the business has snowballed...
这个企业从早期开始就一直在迅速地发展扩大。
The investigation snowballed from there and has since led to several arrests.
从那里开始,调查范围迅速扩大,有几人已经被逮捕。
The little boys are snowballing.
那些小男孩在扔雪球.
This reinforced the investing public's doubts and caused a snowballing effect.
这又会加剧投资公众的疑惑,进而导致滚雪球式的后果.
The little boys were snowballing.
那些小男孩在玩扔雪球.
The company staggered under snowballing debts.
这家公司债台越垒越高,快撑不下去了.
That's known as positive feedback or snowballing.
这就是所谓的正面反馈或滚雪球.