catch 22
a situation where one thing must happen in order to cause another thing to happen, but because the first thing does not happen the second thing cannot happen
Example:
If you don't have a place to stay, you can't get a job and with no job, you can't get an apartment. It's a catch 22 situation.
如果你沒地方待,就無法工作,沒工作,就無法買公寓,這就catch 22情況。
補充:
Catch-22(第22條軍規)一書中所謂"Catch-22",指的是一種「循環邏輯」,目的在防止任何人藉故逃避戰鬥任務。規則中指出:「發瘋者才可免除飛行轟炸任務;要免除出任務,必須提出申請」。但發瘋的人哪會提出申請,而申請的人肯定沒發瘋,所以呢,沒有人可以不參與任務。
參考資料:
Catch-22
第二十二條軍規
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