| 词汇 | catch-22 |
| 释义 | catch-22 noun[ S or U ] uk /ˌkætʃ.twen.tiˈtuː/ us /ˌkætʃ.twen.tiˈtuː/ an impossible situation where you are prevented from doing one thing until you have done another thing that you cannot do until you have done the first thing: 第22号军规；进退维谷的局面，两难情形 a catch-22 situation两难的处境 Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a hard/tough row to hoeidiom abyss adversity at your worstidiom Augean bad hair day epidemic hardness have a bumpy rideidiom have someone over a barrelidiom pall purgatory push factor quagmire quicksand rabbit hole scrape strait the Augean Stablesidiom the hard wayidiom catch-22 | American Dictionarycatch-22 noun[ C ] us/ˈkætʃ ˌtwen·t̬iˈtu, ˈketʃ/ a situation in which there are only two possibilities, and you cannot do either because each depends on having done the other first catch-22 | Business Englishcatch-22 noun[ U ] ukus a difficult situation in which the solution to a problem is impossible because it is also the cause of the problem: But it is a catch-22 situation - you can't get people without funding, but you can't get funding without the people there in the first place. |
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