Catch-22

短语
大学

n. 互相抵触之规律或条件所造成的无法脱身的困窘；不合逻辑的或矛盾的问题 a. 摆脱不了的

发音

其它 /ˌkætʃ ˌtwɛnti ˈtuː/

词形变化

Catch-22s 复数 Catch-22s

别名

catch-22

教材释义与例句

名词

互相抵触之规律或条件所造成的无法脱身的困窘；不合逻辑的或矛盾的问题

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.

    习语

    For us it’s been a real Catch-22: when we have the time to take a vacation, we don’t have enough money, and when we have enough money, we don’t have the time.

词源

Coined by American author Joseph Heller in 1961 in his novel Catch-22, in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his desire to avoid them is taken to prove his sanity.

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