单词	vicious circle
释义	English American vicious circlenoun [ S ] uk/ˌvɪʃ.əs ˈsɜː.kəl/us/ˌvɪʃ.əs ˈsɝː.kəl/ a continuing unpleasant situation, created when one problem causes another problem that then makes the first problem worse: Many people get caught/trapped in a vicious circle of dieting and weight gain. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a (heavy) cross to bear idiom a cloud on the horizon idiom a fate worse than death idiom a hard/tough row to hoe idiom a narrow squeak idiom barrel bind crunch curse eventuality fate feeding frenzy going have a bumpy ride idiom rum schtuck shtook stalemate standoff vortex See more results » vicious circlenoun [ C ] us/ˈvɪʃ·əs ˈsɜr·kəl/also vicious cycle, us/ˈvɪʃ·əs ˈsɑɪ·kəl/ a situation in which one problem causes another one, making the original problem impossible to solve: In a kind of vicious circle, girls did not study science because other girls didn’t study science, even though they were good at it.
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