| 词汇 | double-bind |
| 释义 | double bind noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˌdʌb.əl ˈbaɪnd/ us /ˌdʌb.əl ˈbaɪnd/ a difficult situation in which, whatever action you decide to take, you cannot escape unpleasant results: 进退两难，左右为难 The principal is caught in a double bind because whether she expels the student or lets him off, she still gets blamed.校长陷入了左右为难的境地，因为无论是把男孩开除还是对他从轻处理，她都会受到指责。 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 double bind | Business Englishdouble bind noun[ S ] ukus a difficult situation in which, whatever action you take, you cannot escape unpleasant results: Life insurers are caught in a double bind: asset values are falling, but firms are still offering high returns to policyholders in an effort to avoid a collapse in new policy subscriptions. Examples of double binddouble bind Samuel and his few remaining followers were caught in a doublebind. Boyle's response to this doublebind was to develop a new style of writing. My first well-remembered intentional use of the doublebind occurred in early boyhood. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ngg, she notes, is caught in a doublebind bound by his desires to reach a global audience and to write to a subaltern language. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We thus encounter an inescapable doublebind in our attempts to read the significance of ostensible attempts at remembrance. Some officials argued that rent controls caught landlords in a doublebind. They were caught in a doublebind of their own making. So we find ourselves in a doublebind. Women are thus caught in a discursive doublebind. Her narratives consequently revolve in a kind of dark circle, where the allure of emancipation remains ironically incarcerated within a structural doublebind of blasphemy and apostasy. Wherever we attend to, or love, what the dominant culture encourages us to devalue, neglect or disrespect, camp rises as a way out of this doublebind. This double charge involves a doublebind. This demonstrates a doublebind with flexi-time hours; not only do they have to be paid back, but they involve time and effort in managing them. I do not believe that it would be reasonable to create a doublebind for employers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It takes a long time for an ambulance to get to a hospital, so there is a doublebind for the patient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of double bind These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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