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vicious circle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌvicious ˈcircle (also vicious cycle) noun [singular]  PROBLEMa situation in which one problem causes another problem, that then causes the first problem again, so that the whole process continues to be repeated 恶性循环
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vicious circleThe whole sorry affair became a vicious circle.Many are in a vicious circle of mismanagement and underfunding, as governments, fed up with incompetence, squeeze their cash.Poor care in turn begat defensiveness and so on, in a vicious circle.Abused children often grow up to abuse their own children - it's a vicious circle.I had to destroy, once and for all, the vicious circle of poverty and economic stagnation.Think of the vicious circle of hyperventilation.This vicious circle is more precisely specified in Chapter 7.
ˌvicious ˈcircle nounChineseSyllable
problem which in problem, one that a another situation Corpus causes


vicious circle
ˌvicious ˈcircle (also ˌvicious ˈcycle) noun [singular]
a situation in which one problem causes another problem, that then causes the first problem again, so that the whole process continues to be repeated


vicious circleBrE /ˌvɪʃəs ˈsɜːkl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌvɪʃəs ˈsɜːrkl/ 🔊 noun [singular] a situation in which one problem causes another problem which then makes the first problem worse 恶性循环   compare virtuous circle