"circular firing squad" in Chinese (Simplified)
Definition
指一个团体内部互相攻击,导致自我伤害而不是合作,常用来形容毫无意义的内部冲突削弱整个团体。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
比喻用语, 多见于政治或组织场合,用于批评自毁行为,不能直译。含义非常负面,常见于新闻评论、分析或讽刺语境。
Examples
The committee became a circular firing squad when members started blaming each other.
当成员们开始互相指责时,委员会变成了一个**自相残杀局面**。
The team was supposed to unite, but instead they formed a circular firing squad.
团队本应团结,但他们反而形成了**自相残杀局面**。
Fighting among members turned the project into a circular firing squad.
成员之间的争斗让项目变成了**自相残杀局面**。
Online debates these days are just a circular firing squad—everyone attacks their own side.
如今的网络辩论简直就是**自相残杀局面**——大家都在攻击自己人。
If we keep acting like a circular firing squad, we'll never solve our problems.
如果我们继续像**自相残杀局面**那样行动,我们永远解决不了问题。
Their campaign meetings turned into a circular firing squad, leaving them weaker before the election.
他们的竞选会议变成了**自相残杀局面**,在选举前变得更弱了。