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catch-22
['kætʃ,twenti'tu:]

  • n. (因冲突)无法摆脱的困境

[ 复数 catch-22's或catch-22s ]

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Catch-22 Joseph Heller 第22条军规

catch 22 problem catch问题

Catch-22

  • abstract: Catch-22 is a satirical, historical fiction, theatre production by the American author Joseph Heller, first produced in 1971 and based on his novel of the same name.

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 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

Catch-22 /ˈkætʃ twɛntiː ˌtuː/

  • 1. 

    N-SING If you describe a situation as a Catch-22, you mean it is an impossible situation because you cannot do one thing until you do another thing, but you cannot do the second thing until you do the first thing. 相互矛盾的困窘 [oft N n]

    例:

    It's a Catch-22 situation here. Nobody wants to support you until you're successful, but without the support how can you ever be successful?

    这就是一个相互矛盾的困窘。没有人想要支持你除非你已经成功了,但是如果没有人支持,你怎么可能成功呢?

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  • I can't get a job because I haven't got anywhere to live but I can't afford a place to live until I get a job—it's a catch-22 situation.

    没有住所就找不到工作但是没有工作就租房子—真是左右为难。

    《牛津词典》

  • It's a Catch-22 situation here. Nobody wants to support you until you're successful, but without the support how can you ever be successful?

    就是一个相互矛盾的困窘。没有支持除非已经成功了,但是如果没有人支持,你怎么可能成功呢?

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

  • This is kind of a catch-22.

    种令人左右为难的局面。

    youdao

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