double bind

短语

n. 进退两难的困境

词形变化

double binds 复数 double binds

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dilemma in which someone receives contradictory instructions and cannot act on either.

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名词

词源

Coined by English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist Gregory Bateson.

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