off-ramp 下台階

off-ramp 
繁: 下台階
簡: 下台阶

翁履中強調，川普說中國主動聯繫，但不願說明對象，這可能是一種策略，創造下台階空間。

川普關稅戰撐不住了？學者提2原因向中國低頭：正在尋找下台階（2025年4月20日）。風傳媒，取自https://www.storm.mg/article/5359865

“This is Beijing trying to explore the possibility of using word games to create an off-ramp for both sides, so that they can gradually climb their way down from this escalation spiral,” he says.

Talks or no talks: Who blinks first in US-China trade war? (2025, May 1). BBC. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg419qw9g15o