mission creep

Word family verbmissionarizemissionizenounmissionarymissionermissionary positionmission creepmissionmission statement

ˈmission ˌcreep noun [uncountableU] American EnglishAmE

a series of gradual changes in the aim of a group of people, with the result that they do something different from what they planned to do at the beginning 任务蠕变〔指任务逐步偏离原定目标〕

Examples from the Corpus

mission creep• It is a case of mission creep gone wildly over the top.

From Longman Business Dictionary

mission creepˈmission ˌcreep noun [uncountableU]

HUMAN RESOURCES a series of gradual changes in the aim of the people who manage a company or organization, with the result that they do something different from what they planned to do at the beginning

The penalty clause in the contract leaves no room for mission creep.

单词	mission creep
释义	mission creep Word family verbmissionarizemissionizenounmissionarymissionermissionary positionmission creepmissionmission statement ˈmission ˌcreep noun [uncountableU] American EnglishAmE a series of gradual changes in the aim of a group of people, with the result that they do something different from what they planned to do at the beginning 任务蠕变〔指任务逐步偏离原定目标〕 Examples from the Corpus mission creep• It is a case of mission creep gone wildly over the top. From Longman Business Dictionary mission creepˈmission ˌcreep noun [uncountableU] HUMAN RESOURCES a series of gradual changes in the aim of the people who manage a company or organization, with the result that they do something different from what they planned to do at the beginning The penalty clause in the contract leaves no room for mission creep.
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