a chicken-and-egg situation是什么意思

词组

a chicken-and-egg situation

释义

●a ˌchicken-and-ˈegg situation

a situation in which you do not know which of two connected events is the cause of the other 先有鸡还是先有蛋的问题；因果难定的情况

◆Is she unhappy because she gets into debt, or does she get into debt because she’s unhappy? I suppose it’s a chicken-and-egg situation.
她是因为欠债而不开心，还是因为不开心所以才欠债？我看这个因果关系很难界定。

ORIGIN This comes from the question ‘Which came first — the chicken or the egg?’. 这个习语源于“ Which came first —-- the chicken or the egg? ”这个疑问。

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