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

• 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。
• The eurozone is caught in a vicious circle.
  欧元区陷入了一个恶性循环。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 physical violence can lead to a vicious circle of conflict.
  暴力会导致冲突的恶性循环。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。