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

• 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 then you have a vicious circle of more unemployment and fewer taxpayer to share the burden.
  那便会产生失业率越高、分担此负担的纳税人越少的恶性循环。
• There is a vicious circle going on& prosperity, surplus, depression.
  繁荣过剩萧条，一个恶性循环正在进行。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The eurozone is caught in a vicious circle.
  欧元区陷入了一个恶性循环。
• The physical violence can lead to a vicious circle of conflict.
  暴力会导致冲突的恶性循环。
• 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。
• We were chained to a vicious circle of violence.
  我们被牵制在暴力的恶性循环之中。