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catch PROBLEMkAtn [C]a hidden problem or disadvantage隐藏的问题，蹊跷It sounds too good to be true--free food--what's the catch?听上去太好了，不像是真的----免费提供食物----里面有什么蹊跷？I was sure there had to be a catch somewhere / in it.我敢肯定这里面定有蹊跷。A Catch-22 situation is an impossible situation where you are prevented from doing (a) until you have done (b), but you cannot do (b) until you have done (a) first.不可能办到的事（要做甲就得先做乙，要做乙又得先做甲），两难情形In Britain you can't be a professional actor if you don't have an Equity card, but you can't get an Equity card until you have acted first--it's Catch-22 / a Catch-22 situation.在英国，你要做职业演员就得有演员协会的会员卡，而你没登过台就拿不到会员卡----这真是让人无法办到的事/让人为难的情形。"Catch-22" (title of a book by Joseph Heller, 1961)《第二十二条军规》（约瑟夫·海勒的书名）
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