Yahoo香港字典 搜尋

搜尋結果

1. Oxford American Dictionary

   vicious circle

   • IPA[ˈviSHəs ˈsərkəl]

   美式

   • n.
     a sequence of reciprocal cause and effect in which two or more elements intensify and aggravate each other, leading inexorably to a worsening of the situation

   • noun: vicious circle, plural noun: vicious circles

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a sequence of reciprocal cause and effect in which two or more elements intensify and aggravate each other, leading inexorably to a worsening of the situation debtors were caught in a vicious circle: they could not be freed until they had paid their debt, and were not able to pay their debt as long as they were in prison