كيف تنطق "circular firing squad"
expression
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التعريف
A situation where a group harms itself by attacking its own members instead of working together, often used to describe pointless internal conflict that weakens the whole group.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈsɝkjəɫɝ/ /ˈfaɪɝɹɪŋ/, /ˈfaɪɹɪŋ/ /ˈskwɑd
الإنجليزية البريطانية
sˈɜːkjʊlɐ/ /fˈaɪəɹɪŋ/ /skwˈɒd
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
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بريطاني
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استمع في السياق
The committee became a circular firing squad when members started blaming each other.
The team was supposed to unite, but instead they formed a circular firing squad.
Fighting among members turned the project into a circular firing squad.
Online debates these days are just a circular firing squad—everyone attacks their own side.