学个词Learn a Word 第1467课 catch-22
时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：英语单词荟萃
英语课
今天我们要学的词是catch-22。 Catch-22, 就是"catch"这个词后面加上阿拉伯数字22，意思是无法解决的难题，左右为难的局面。刚毕业的大学生不好找工作， "The college graduates find themselves in a typical catch-22 situation where employers won't hire them because they lack experience, but without that first job they can't get experience," 大学毕业生面临的就是这种无法摆脱的困境：雇主都不愿意雇缺乏工作经验的新人，可是找不到第一份工作，经验就无从谈起。在城市发展中，常会出现这样的现象： "Retailers 1 are hesitant to invest in areas where there aren't sufficient consumers, but many people also don't want to move to areas where retailers are not easily accessible. That's the catch-22 of urban development," 零售商不愿意去消费者少的地方投资，大家又不愿意搬到买东西不方便的地方去。这就是城市发展的一个两难困境。好的，今天我们学习的词是catch-22, catch-22...