a vicious circle

基本解釋

I can understand that, but I think it can create a vicious circle of crime, and of course you just pick up bad habits and mates in prison.
我可以理解他們，但是我認(rèn)爲(wèi)這樣造成了一種犯罪的惡性循環(huán)，而且一個(gè)人縂會(huì)患上一些不好的習(xí)慣，然後進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄。
THE Arab world is more or less a vicious circle. None of its problems will be solved soon. All these troubles have the capacity to reinvent themselves.
阿拉伯世界差不多就是一個(gè)惡性循環(huán)，它的任何問題都無望在短期內(nèi)得到解決，所有這些麻煩還都有自我再造的能力。

Harris Private Bank's Jack Ablin says deep recessions generate a vicious circle between job losses and reduced economic activity.
A circle, in other words, is not necessarily a vicious circle.
循環(huán)竝不一定是惡性循環(huán)。
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That's not true. A circle isn't at all necessarily vicious.
循環(huán)不必然是惡性的。
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If Mr Allawi follows this lead, Iraq could end up in a vicious circle.
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