Slippery /'slɪpəri/是打滑的意思；slope /slop/是斜坡。不言而喻，a slippery slope打滑的斜坡，意思是越来越糟。
I realize when my 12 year-old took a bottle of perfume from a store without paying，she was shoplifting. But that doesn't mean she's heading down a slippery slope towards a life of crime. She understands the seriousness of what she did. And she promises never to steal again.
严重的英文翻译是serious，serious的基本意思“严重的,非同小可”,指问题或局势很危急或不易处理,令人担忧和恐惧,须认真对待,引申可表示“重要的”,指某事件需要人们认真思考或需要精湛技艺。serious 英 [ˈsɪ&#。
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serious character of the problem PS:character性质的意思
内容来自VOA - Words And Idioms。
