It does seem to open the floodgates.

这确实像是打开了水闸。

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A decision against the cigarette companies could open the floodgates to many more lawsuits.

不利于烟草公司的裁决可能引发更多的官司。

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Many big businesses fear that if the Supreme Court does allow a class action lawsuit to go ahead, it could open the floodgates to many similar large-scale discrimination cases.

很多大型公司担忧，如果最高法院此次允许集体诉讼，将开启很多类似大规模歧视案件的先河。

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"All it will take is one or two high-profile companies to migrate to Apple to open the floodgates for other IT managers to realize that they, too, should consider moving to a new platform, " Pile says.

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As early as January 2010, Mr. Obama would, in his state of the union address, cast aspersions on the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, claiming that it "reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests" (read conservative groups).

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The problem is that every extra tonne of carbon on the allowance allows the burning of an equivalent amount of coal and oil, and that giving way to Russia could open the floodgates to claims from other countries.

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