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

• At present, regional poverty and ecological degradation form a vicious circle.
  目前，区域贫困和生态环境退化已形成了恶性循环。
• 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。
• Those concepts of spoilage and vicious circle of ecological environment have been explained.
  对生态环境的破坏和恶化等概念作了具体说明。
• 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。
• That has meant a vicious circle with more competition and less innovation, he adds.
  他补充道，由于竞争更激烈和创新更少，这形成了一种恶性循环。
• 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。
• That's a vicious circle we have made.
  这是我们制造的一个恶性循环。
• 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。
• That would increase interest costs further, and so on in a vicious circle.
  这将进一步提高利息成本，如此往复，陷入恶性循环。
• I did it do you. It's a vicious circle.
  我再这样对你，这是一个恶性循环。