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This militarized approach is leading the world into a downward spiral of violence and conflict.这种军事化的手段正将世界引入无止境的暴力与冲突之中。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
Moreover, those women who do reach higher-ranking positions are susceptible to a visibility-vulnerability spiral, owing to their minority status.而且，那些提升到更高职位的妇女由于居于少数地位，其知名度容易受到损害而螺旋状下降。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
The world could not have prevented Yugoslavia’s spiral into civil war, but it might have made it less cruel by helping to negotiate terms of separation earlier.世界可能无法阻止南斯拉夫陷入内战，但是它却可能可以通过帮助在更早的时候谈判达成分离的协议而减少残忍。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010
Type of gasholder (i.e. column, spiral or rope guided):储气鼓类型〈柱型、螺旋型或索导型）；http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 18.07.2011http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 18.07.2011
A new policy is needed not only in order to halt America’s drift into impotence as it tries to prevent Iraq from spiraling into full-scale civil war, but also because the map of power in the Middle East has changed dramatically.人们需要一个新政策，不仅是为了在美国防止伊拉克陷于全面内战的时候阻止美国滑入无能为力的境地，而且是因为中东的势力地图已经面目全非。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
Restricting criminal liability to actual perpetrators, carefully excluding clansmen and kin, is a fragile historical innovation aimed at interrupting spirals of bloody inter-communal violence.为了阻止血流成河的部落间暴力螺旋式上升而把刑事责任限制在实际犯罪者身上，仔细地排除族人和亲属是一个脆弱的历史性创新。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010
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spiral
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | spiral | spirals |
| Possessive case | spiral's | spirals' |
spiral
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | spiraled, spiralled |
| Imperative | spiral |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | spiraling, spiralling |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | spiraled, spiralled |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I spiral | we spiral |
| you spiral | you spiral |
| he/she/it spirals | they spiral |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am spiraling, spiralling | we are spiraling, spiralling |
| you are spiraling, spiralling | you are spiraling, spiralling |
| he/she/it is spiraling, spiralling | they are spiraling, spiralling |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have spiraled, spiralled | we have spiraled, spiralled |
| you have spiraled, spiralled | you have spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it has spiraled, spiralled | they have spiraled, spiralled |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been spiraling, spiralling | we have been spiraling, spiralling |
| you have been spiraling, spiralling | you have been spiraling, spiralling |
| he/she/it has been spiraling, spiralling | they have been spiraling, spiralling |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I spiraled, spiralled | we spiraled, spiralled |
| you spiraled, spiralled | you spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it spiraled, spiralled | they spiraled, spiralled |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was spiraling, spiralling | we were spiraling, spiralling |
| you were spiraling, spiralling | you were spiraling, spiralling |
| he/she/it was spiraling, spiralling | they were spiraling, spiralling |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had spiraled, spiralled | we had spiraled, spiralled |
| you had spiraled, spiralled | you had spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it had spiraled, spiralled | they had spiraled, spiralled |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been spiraling, spiralling | we had been spiraling, spiralling |
| you had been spiraling, spiralling | you had been spiraling, spiralling |
| he/she/it had been spiraling, spiralling | they had been spiraling, spiralling |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will spiral | we shall/will spiral |
| you will spiral | you will spiral |
| he/she/it will spiral | they will spiral |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be spiraling, spiralling | we shall/will be spiraling, spiralling |
| you will be spiraling, spiralling | you will be spiraling, spiralling |
| he/she/it will be spiraling, spiralling | they will be spiraling, spiralling |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have spiraled, spiralled | we shall/will have spiraled, spiralled |
| you will have spiraled, spiralled | you will have spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it will have spiraled, spiralled | they will have spiraled, spiralled |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been spiraling, spiralling | we shall/will have been spiraling, spiralling |
| you will have been spiraling, spiralling | you will have been spiraling, spiralling |
| he/she/it will have been spiraling, spiralling | they will have been spiraling, spiralling |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would spiral | we should/would spiral |
| you would spiral | you would spiral |
| he/she/it would spiral | they would spiral |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be spiraling, spiralling | we should/would be spiraling, spiralling |
| you would be spiraling, spiralling | you would be spiraling, spiralling |
| he/she/it would be spiraling, spiralling | they would be spiraling, spiralling |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have spiraled, spiralled | we should/would have spiraled, spiralled |
| you would have spiraled, spiralled | you would have spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it would have spiraled, spiralled | they would have spiraled, spiralled |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been spiraling, spiralling | we should/would have been spiraling, spiralling |
| you would have been spiraling, spiralling | you would have been spiraling, spiralling |
| he/she/it would have been spiraling, spiralling | they would have been spiraling, spiralling |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am spiraled, spiralled | we are spiraled, spiralled |
| you are spiraled, spiralled | you are spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it is spiraled, spiralled | they are spiraled, spiralled |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being spiraled, spiralled | we are being spiraled, spiralled |
| you are being spiraled, spiralled | you are being spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it is being spiraled, spiralled | they are being spiraled, spiralled |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been spiraled, spiralled | we have been spiraled, spiralled |
| you have been spiraled, spiralled | you have been spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it has been spiraled, spiralled | they have been spiraled, spiralled |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was spiraled, spiralled | we were spiraled, spiralled |
| you were spiraled, spiralled | you were spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it was spiraled, spiralled | they were spiraled, spiralled |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being spiraled, spiralled | we were being spiraled, spiralled |
| you were being spiraled, spiralled | you were being spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it was being spiraled, spiralled | they were being spiraled, spiralled |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been spiraled, spiralled | we had been spiraled, spiralled |
| you had been spiraled, spiralled | you had been spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it had been spiraled, spiralled | they had been spiraled, spiralled |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be spiraled, spiralled | we shall/will be spiraled, spiralled |
| you will be spiraled, spiralled | you will be spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it will be spiraled, spiralled | they will be spiraled, spiralled |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been spiraled, spiralled | we shall/will have been spiraled, spiralled |
| you will have been spiraled, spiralled | you will have been spiraled, spiralled |
| he/she/it will have been spiraled, spiralled | they will have been spiraled, spiralled |