过度开发自然资源就像竭泽而渔，后果不堪设想。

Over-exploiting natural resources is like draining the pond to get all the fish, the consequences are unimaginable.

不能堵塞泄洪道, 否则后果不堪设想.

The spillway cannot be blocked, otherwise it will cause a serious problem.

如果不采取加固防止措施，将影响整个矿山的安全生产，后果不堪设想。

If reinforcement measures are not taken, this will endanger safety in production of the whole iron mine .

语言非常复杂，一旦抽象概念或细微差别的翻译不到位造成误解，后果不堪设想。

Language is complex, and when abstract or nuanced concepts get lost in translation, the consequences may be catastrophic.

假如一个典型的恒星质量黑洞经过海王星区域，那么地球的轨道将会发生相当大的改变，后果不堪设想。

If a typical stellar-mass black hole were to pass in the region of Neptune, the orbit of the Earth would be considerably modified, with dire results.

一旦精灵被放出来（后果不堪设想），一旦我们今天同意对这项技术的授权，它将来给社会带来的影响我们将无法撤回。

Once the genie is out of the bottle, once these procedures that we are being asked to authorise today go ahead, there will be no going back for society.