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名詞

domino effect (plural domino effects)

1. The situation in which one event sets off a chain of additional events.
   • 2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, “Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 31 March 2023:

     While the move has, for now, calmed fears of a repeat of a 2008-style domino effect, the merger has left Switzerland with a new megabank on Paradeplatz square.

2. (politics, historical) The theory that, if South Vietnam became communist, it would be followed by Cambodia, Laos, additional Southeast Asian countries, other Asian countries, and likely even elsewhere.

   Synonym: domino theory

参考

• butterfly effect
• demonstration effect
• ripple effect
• slippery slope
• snowball effect

Further reading

• Domino effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Domino theory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia