【词汇来源的故事】Catch-22 令人左右为难的尴尬局面
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Catch-22是1961年出版的一部黑色幽默小说的名字,作者Joseph
Heller。这部作品后来拍成电影,中文译名叫做《第22条军规》。作品是基于二战中欧洲战场盟军轰炸机飞行员的经历创作的:假如他们不想执行危险的飞行任务,必须依照军法第22条向上级申请,同时证明自己有神经病;但是,假如他们申请,那就证明他们懂得危险,没有神经病了。所以,Catch-22后来就引申为“令人左右为难的境地”。
例句:It was another one of those Catch-22 situations, you are damned if you do and you are damned if you don't. 这真是又一个左右为难的尴尬局面,做也倒霉,不做也倒霉。
例句:If I speak she says I'm ovebeaing and if I remain silent she accuses me of sulking; it's a Catch-22 situation.如果我开口说话,她会说我傲慢。要是我保持沉默,她会指责我绷着脸,真叫人无所适从。
例句:You cannot get a job without experience,but you cannot obtain experience without getting a job-- it is a Catch-22 situation. 你没有经验,就找不到工作,而没有工作,就不可能获得经验,那真是个没法解决的难题。
例句:I have to go to graduate school to earn more money, but I need more money before I can go to graduate school. It's a catch-22. 我必须念研究所才能赚到更多钱,但我必须先有多一点钱才能念研究所。这真是进退两难。
例句:If you don'thave a place to
stay, you can't get a job, and with no job, you can't get an
apartment. It's a catch-22.
如果你没地方可以住,你就没有办法找到工作,而没有工作,你就没有办法找到地方住,这真是进退两难。
例句:It was another one of those Catch-22 situations, you are damned if you do and you are damned if you don't. 这真是又一个左右为难的尴尬局面,做也倒霉,不做也倒霉。
例句:If I speak she says I'm ovebeaing and if I remain silent she accuses me of sulking; it's a Catch-22 situation.
例句:You cannot get a job without experience,but you cannot obtain experience without getting a job-- it is a Catch-22 situation. 你没有经验,就找不到工作,而没有工作,就不可能获得经验,那真是个没法解决的难题。
例句:I have to go to graduate school to earn more money, but I need more money before I can go to graduate school. It's a catch-22. 我必须念研究所才能赚到更多钱,但我必须先有多一点钱才能念研究所。这真是进退两难。
例句:If you don't

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