LEARN A WORD 学个词

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 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...