| 单词 | in circles |
| 释义 | in circles (once / 5857 pages) adv If you describe an argument as "going around in circles," it's repetitive and frustrating, and nothing ever gets accomplished. There are few things more exasperating than going around in circles; no matter how many times you try something, or attempt to explain your viewpoint, you end up exactly where you began. No progress is ever made when you go around in circles. When someone talks in circles, there is the same lack of clarity or forward movement — in this case it may be deliberate, as when a politician doesn't want to answer a question and instead talks in circles. WORD FAMILYin circles USAGE EXAMPLESVendors and policemen, waiters and bartenders offer directions, pointing in every direction, sending me around in circles. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The battleship was forced to steam in circles until the guns of the Royal Navy's home fleet arrived the next morning. BBC(Dec 12, 2016) Raphel, unsure of what was happening, paced in circles on her front porch. Wall Street Journal(Dec 02, 2016) adv without making progress the candidates talked in circles |
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