vicious circle

英 [ˌvɪʃəs ˈsɜːkl]

美 [ˌvɪʃəs ˈsɜːrkl]

n.  恶性循环

医学

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牛津词典

noun

• 恶性循环
  a situation in which one problem causes another problem which then makes the first problem worse

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 恶性循环
  Avicious circleis a problem or difficult situation that has the effect of creating new problems which then cause the original problem or situation to occur again.
  1. The more pesticides are used, the more resistant the insects become so the more pesticides have to be used. It's a vicious circle.
     杀虫剂用得越多，昆虫的抗药力就变得越强，于是又要用更多的杀虫剂。这是一个恶性循环。
  2. ...the vicious circle of poverty.
     贫穷的恶性循环

英英释义

noun

• an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
• one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
  Synonym:vicious cycle

双语例句

• Many people get caught in a vicious circle of dieting and weight gain.
  许多人为节食和体重增加的恶性循环所困扰。
• If the brain drain becomes an irreversible trend, a vicious circle will take shape in Chinese academia.
  如果人才流失成为一种不可逆转的趋势，那么，中国学术界将会形成恶性循环。
• Here was as pretty a vicious circle as the world had ever seen.
  这儿出现了一个世界上从未出现过的恶性循环。
• Now Japan has offered us an opportunity to break our old vicious circle in the land problem.
  现在日本入侵，给我们一个机会去打破过去在土地问题上的恶性循环。
• And less running success is the obvious result, making the impatience worsen in a vicious circle.
  所以明显的结果是跑向了更少的成功，这又让没耐心出于一个恶性循环中。
• The process was a vicious circle.
  这是一种恶性循环。
• His increasingly visible chagrin sets up a vicious circle.
  他的明显的不满引起了一种恶性循环。
• The economy is trapped in a vicious circle where credit crunch and recession mutually reinforce each other.
  经济已陷入了一种信贷紧缩与衰退相互强化的恶性循环。
• And those of us who know better should be doing all we can to break that vicious circle.
  因此，我们这些更了解情况的局外人应该尽我们的所能去打破这个恶性循环。
• Corruption in turn will protect prostitution, thus forming a vicious circle.
  反过来腐败又会保护卖淫嫖娼，就这样形成恶性循环。