| 词组 | catch-22 |
| 释义 | catch-22n., informal 1From Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22, set in World War II. A regulation or situation that is self-contradictory or that conflicts with another regulation. In Heller's book it referred to the regulation that flight crews must report for duty unless excused for reasons of insanity, but that any one claiming such an excuse must, by definition, be sane. 〖非正式〗第22条军规；不可逾越的障碍。（源于美国作家约瑟夫·海勒以第二次世界大战为背景的小说《第22条军规》。在海勒的书中，第22条军规指的是这样一条规定：飞行员除非因精神错乱免除责任外必须执行飞行任务，而任何提出停飞要求的人又一定不会精神错乱。）◆ Government rules require workers to expose any wrongdoing in their office, but the Catch-22 prevents them from their doing so, because they are not allowed to disclose any information about their work.政府的规则要求工作人员揭露他们办公室中的任何不法行为，但“第22条军规”又阻止他们这样做，因为不允许他们泄露任何有关他们工作的信息。2A paradoxical situation. 无法摆脱的困境；自相矛盾的情况。◆ The Catch-22 of job-hunting was that the factory wanted to hire only workers who had experience making computers but the only way to get the experience was by working at the computer factory.寻找工作中无法摆脱的困境是：工厂只想雇用有制造计算机经验的工人，而获取经验的唯一途径便是在计算机工厂里工作。 |
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