| 单词 | Catch-22 |
| 释义 | Catch-22 /kach"twen'tee tooh"/, n. , pl. Catch-22's, Catch-22s. 1. a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions. 2. any illogical or paradoxical problem or situation; dilemma. 3. a condition, regulation, etc., preventing the resolution of a problem or situation; catch. [from a military regulation in a novel of the same name (1961) by U.S. novelist Joseph Heller (born 1923)] |
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