2019-03-22 slippery slope

词：slippery slope

英英释义：a bad situation or habit which, after it has started, is likely to get very much worse

例句：Once you start to lie, you are on a slippery slope.

sth is on a slippery slope=sth go downhill = something becomes worse

1）翻译下面的句子：

他的傲慢与固执将注定他会走向失败。

He will be on a slippery slope to failure because of his arrogance and stubbornness/obstinacy.

（参考翻译: His arrogance and obstinacy will lead him down a slippery slope to failure. ）

造句：

一旦你开始习惯一种不健康的生活方式，它早晚会让你得病的。

Once you start to get used to an unhealthy life style, it will, sooner or later, lead you down a slippery slope to illness.