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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These diseases reinforce a vicious circle of poverty and hopelessness by depressing production.
  这些疾病加之令人沮丧的生产更加使人们陷入到贫穷和无望这个恶性循环中来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。