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1 Catch-22
множ. ч. catch-22's или catch-22s порочный круг; взаимно противоречащие условия; бессмысленная ситуация; дилемма; 'загвоздка'; ситуация, когда одно правило зависит от другого, а другое --- от первого; 'уловка-22' ( title of a novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961))действия, приводящие к противоположному эффекту (по сравнению с задуманным)The show-business catch-22 -- no work unless you have an agent, no agent unless you've worked. (Mary Murphy)
Русско-английский словарь механических и общенаучных терминов > Catch-22
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2 catch-22
множ. ч. catch-22's или catch-22s порочный круг; взаимно противоречащие условия; бессмысленная ситуация; дилемма; 'загвоздка'; ситуация, когда одно правило зависит от другого, а другое --- от первого; 'уловка-22' ( title of a novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961))действия, приводящие к противоположному эффекту (по сравнению с задуманным)The show-business catch-22 -- no work unless you have an agent, no agent unless you've worked. (Mary Murphy)
Русско-английский словарь механических и общенаучных терминов > catch-22
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catch-22 — from the title of a novel by Joseph Heller (1961), is used mainly in the phrase a catch 22 situation, which strictly does not mean any dilemma or difficulty but one ‘from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent… … Modern English usage
catch-22 — ► NOUN ▪ a difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. ORIGIN title of a novel by Joseph Heller (1961) … English terms dictionary
catch-22 — n. (often attrib.) colloq. a dilemma or circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. Etymology: title of a novel by J. Heller (1961) featuring a dilemma of this kind * * * ¦ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷… … Useful english dictionary
catch-22 — noun a difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. Origin title of a novel by Joseph Heller (1961) … English new terms dictionary
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