单词 | vicious circle |
释义 | vicious circleWord family adverbviciouslynounviciousnessvicious circleadjectivevicious ˌvicious ˈcircle (also vicious cycle) noun [singular] PROBLEMa situation in which one problem causes another problem, that then causes the first problem again, so that the whole process continues to be repeated 恶性循环 Examples from the Corpus vicious circle• The whole sorry affair became a vicious circle.• Many are in a vicious circle of mismanagement and underfunding, as governments, fed up with incompetence, squeeze their cash.• Poor care in turn begat defensiveness and so on, in a vicious circle.• Abused children often grow up to abuse their own children - it's a vicious circle.• I had to destroy, once and for all, the vicious circle of poverty and economic stagnation.• Think of the vicious circle of hyperventilation.• This vicious circle is more precisely specified in Chapter 7. |
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