单词	catch-22
释义	English American Business catch-22noun [ S or U ] uk/ˌkætʃ.twen.tiˈtuː/us/ˌkætʃ.twen.tiˈtuː/ an impossible situation where you are prevented from doing one thing until you have done another thing that you cannot do until you have done the first thing: a catch-22 situation 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 fate feeding frenzy going have a bumpy ride idiom have sb over a barrel idiom schtuck shtook stalemate standoff sticky wicket vortex See more results » catch-22noun [ C ] us/ˈkætʃ ˌtwen·t̬iˈtu, ˈketʃ/ a situation in which there are only two possibilities, and you cannot do either because each depends on having done the other first catch-22noun [ U ] ukus a difficult situation in which the solution to a problem is impossible because it is also the cause of the problem: But it is a catch-22 situation - you can't get people without funding, but you can't get funding without the people there in the first place.
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