in/into a tailspinin or into a bad situation that keeps getting worse in a way that you cannot control 陷入不断恶化的情况中 Raising interest rates could send the economy into a tailspin. 提高利率可能会使经济状况继续恶化。
in/into a tailspin• Raising interest rates could send the economy into a tailspin.• But I don't go into a tailspin over it.• Lenny's career went into a tailspin when he decided personality mattered more than material.• The economy went into a tailspin.• Its shares went into a tailspin.
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