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单词 chicken-and-egg
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Definition of chicken-and-egg in English:

chicken-and-egg

adjectiveˌtʃɪkɪnənˈɛɡˌCHikənənˈeɡ
  • attributive Denoting a situation in which each of two things appears to be necessary to the other, making it impossible to say which came first.

    相互依存的;因果难定的,难分先后的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But this is a chicken-and-egg matter: It's relentless, round-the-clock competition that assumes the reader or viewer can't sit still.
    • But measuring up to managed care companies' requirements can be a chicken-and-egg proposition, in that a site has to be established and well known.
    • Washington has solved the age-old chicken-and-egg riddle - as it applies to fuel cell technology and an infrastructure for hydrogen delivery.
    • This, of course, is a chicken-and-egg situation.
    • It may be a chicken-and-egg question, but what is the link between the corporation and the corporate psychopath?
    • And we have seen this chicken-and-egg dilemma before.
    • I went though several more of these chicken-and-egg conversations before getting the reassurance I craved.
    • Of course, this raises various chicken-and-egg questions.
    • We have here the classic chicken-and-egg situation.
    • It then becomes a chicken-and-egg situation - without experience, they cannot find work and without work, they cannot gain experience.
    • This is a chicken-and-egg conundrum: do people do boring things because they are boring or are they boring because they do boring things?
    • ‘It was a real chicken-and-egg scenario,’ he says.
    • And looking at the set and the staging and trying to decipher which came first is indeed something of a chicken-and-egg proposition.
    • However, scientists have yet to tease an answer from the chicken-and-egg dilemma of which came first, cooperation or a sense of fairness?
    • Well exactly, that's such a chicken-and-egg thing.
    • Experts say this chicken-and-egg mystery is one that will be with us for many years.
    • The second focus is upon the seemingly chicken-and-egg relationship between society and rights.
    • In some ways, it's a chicken-and-egg scenario: which comes first, the network or the services?
    • But this is a sort of chicken-and-egg argument.
    • But in this never-ending chicken-and-egg conundrum, time is on our side.

Definition of chicken-and-egg in US English:

chicken-and-egg

adjectiveˌCHikənənˈeɡ
  • attributive Denoting a situation in which each of two things appears to be necessary to the other, making it impossible to say which came first.

    相互依存的;因果难定的,难分先后的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is a chicken-and-egg conundrum: do people do boring things because they are boring or are they boring because they do boring things?
    • Of course, this raises various chicken-and-egg questions.
    • It then becomes a chicken-and-egg situation - without experience, they cannot find work and without work, they cannot gain experience.
    • We have here the classic chicken-and-egg situation.
    • I went though several more of these chicken-and-egg conversations before getting the reassurance I craved.
    • Washington has solved the age-old chicken-and-egg riddle - as it applies to fuel cell technology and an infrastructure for hydrogen delivery.
    • However, scientists have yet to tease an answer from the chicken-and-egg dilemma of which came first, cooperation or a sense of fairness?
    • It may be a chicken-and-egg question, but what is the link between the corporation and the corporate psychopath?
    • But this is a sort of chicken-and-egg argument.
    • This, of course, is a chicken-and-egg situation.
    • And looking at the set and the staging and trying to decipher which came first is indeed something of a chicken-and-egg proposition.
    • Well exactly, that's such a chicken-and-egg thing.
    • But measuring up to managed care companies' requirements can be a chicken-and-egg proposition, in that a site has to be established and well known.
    • But in this never-ending chicken-and-egg conundrum, time is on our side.
    • Experts say this chicken-and-egg mystery is one that will be with us for many years.
    • In some ways, it's a chicken-and-egg scenario: which comes first, the network or the services?
    • The second focus is upon the seemingly chicken-and-egg relationship between society and rights.
    • And we have seen this chicken-and-egg dilemma before.
    • But this is a chicken-and-egg matter: It's relentless, round-the-clock competition that assumes the reader or viewer can't sit still.
    • ‘It was a real chicken-and-egg scenario,’ he says.
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