“slippery slope”别理解成“湿滑的斜坡”，引申为滑坡效应（指坏情况或坏习惯一旦开始就很可能变得愈加严重）。

【例句】
The company started down the slippery slope of believing that they knew better than the customer, with the inevitable disastrous results.
这家公司开始有滑坡效应，相信他们比客户更了解自己，结果是不可避免的灾难性后果。

That said, Microsoft also realizes that it may have created a slippery slope.
此外，微软也意识到公司此举可能会造成一种连锁效应。