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

• 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。
• 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。
• It is a vicious circle: the more cluttered the format, the more advertising is crammed in it.
  它是一个恶性循环：更多弄乱了格式，较多的广告在它被塞满。
• The process was a vicious circle.
  这是一种恶性循环。
• The physical violence can lead to a vicious circle of conflict.
  暴力会导致冲突的恶性循环。
• I did it do you. It's a vicious circle.
  我再这样对你，这是一个恶性循环。
• An industry with strong developing and manufacturing but weak marketing is bound to be trapped in a vicious circle.
  研发能力和制造能力强但营销能力弱的产业，往往会陷入投入多收益少的产业恶性循环之中。
• 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。
• 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 Home Secretary aims to break the vicious circle between disadvantage and crime
  内政大臣力图打破贫困和犯罪之间的恶性循环。