| 单词 | square the circle |
| 释义 | square the circlephrase See full dictionary entry for squareIf you say that someone squares the circle, you mean that they bring together two things which are normally thought to be so different that they cannot exist together. He has squared the circle of keeping the City happy and doing something to improvebusiness cash flow. 'Nirvana' squared the circle by making a record that was pop and rock at the sametime. square the circle in British Englishto attempt the impossible (in reference to the insoluble problem of constructing a square having exactly the same area as a given circle) square the circle in American English1. to construct or find a square equal in area to a given circle: an insoluble problem in Euclidean geometry 2. to do or attempt something that seems impossible square the circleto try to solve a problem that seems to be impossible to solve All have the same hope: that foreign markets and, especially, foreign investmentwill somehow provide enough jobs to square the circle. |
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