| 单词 | circular firing squad |
| 释义 | > as lemmascircular firing squad circular firing squad n. originally and chiefly U.S. a group of people who are engaged in self-destructive internal conflicts and mutual recriminations; (also) a situation, event, etc., characterized by this kind of behaviour. ΚΠ 1973 Let. in Las Vegas (New Mexico) Optic 23 Mar. 2/1 It is imperative that if we do not integrate we must—at the least—synchronize our lives; otherwise we will form a circular firing squad in which members of the squad will kill all that is worthwhile within the circle as well as themselves in the cross-fire. 1997 Financial Times 9 Oct. 10/2 Tapping into a rich vein of discontent, he..described the Tory parliamentary party as a ‘circular firing squad’. 2018 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Feb. (Late Final ed.) a1 The situation quickly degenerated into something of a circular firing squad. They protected their own interests, shifted blame and potentially left themselves..legally vulnerable. < as lemmas |
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