English Dictionary

mission creep

noun

(politics, military, idiomatic) Gradual unplanned expansion of the objectives, scope, and/or cost of a project, especially a military mission.

The government's mission creep has led to an expansion of its powers beyond its original purpose.

意味（1）

(politics, military, idiomatic) Gradual unplanned expansion of the objectives, scope, and/or cost of a project, especially a military mission.

Initially presented as a purely humanitarian mission, Operation Restore Hope gradually shifted from feeding Somalis to fighting them. Unaware of the mission creep, the public was outraged when 18 U.S. soldiers died in an October 1993 fire fight.