mission/cost/grade etc creepwhen something gradually starts to go beyond what it was intended to deal with or include 使命/成本/等级等的偏离 He denied that giving civilian tasks to the NATO forces was a case of mission creep. 他否认把非军事任务交托北约军队是偏离使命的做法。
mission/cost/grade etc creep• It is a case of mission creep gone wildly over the top.
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