Catch-22

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. idiomatic
    — For us it’s been a real Catch-22: when we have the time to take a vacation, we don’t have enough money, and when we have enough money, we don’t have the time.

词形变化

Catch-22s plural catch-22 alternative

词源

Coined by American author Joseph Heller in 1961 in his novel Catch-22, in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his desire to avoid them is taken to prove his sanity.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary