be a recipe for something

CAUSEto be likely to cause a particular result, often a bad one 可能会造成某事〔常指坏的结果〕

She said that five small boys on skis was a recipe for disaster, not a holiday.

她说五个来滑雪的小男孩就不是来度假的，而是来闯祸的。

Examples from the Corpus

be a recipe for something• Sound accounting advice will make your business; lack of good accounting advice is a recipe for financial disaster.• A plentiful supply of anything is a recipe for disaster.• Learning from experience is a recipe for continuous improvement.• Here are recipes for some of the updated versions of macaroni and cheese.• Nationalist plans for independence are a recipe for weakness and isolation.• The latter is a recipe for chaos, anarchy and mutual extinction.• Three managers and three chairmen in 18 months is a recipe for football disaster.• I think the new regulations are a recipe for economic disaster.• Its ads, coupled with diet industry ads and media images that promote slenderness, are a recipe for bulimia.

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