English Dictionary

cobra effect

名詞

The situation where an attempted solution has an unintended consequence that makes the original problem worse.

日本語の意味

試みられた解決策が予期しない副作用を引き起こし、問題をさらに悪化させる現象 / 解決策が裏目に出て、本来の問題が深刻化する状況

The city's reward program for capturing stray dogs led to a cobra effect, as people started breeding dogs to claim the bounty.

市が迷い犬の捕獲に懸賞金を出す制度はコブラ効果を招き、人々が懸賞金目当てで犬を繁殖させて問題を悪化させた。

意味（1）

The situation where an attempted solution has an unintended consequence that makes the original problem worse.