"circular firing squad" 怎么发音

expression

US

SUR-kyuh-lur FY-ur-ing SKWAHD

UK

SUR-kyuh-luh FY-uh-ring SKWOD

释义

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.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈsɝkjəɫɝ/ /ˈfaɪɝɹɪŋ/, /ˈfaɪɹɪŋ/ /ˈskwɑd

英式英语

sˈɜːkjʊlɐ/ /fˈaɪəɹɪŋ/ /skwˈɒd

简化发音

美式

SUR-kyuh-lur FY-ur-ing SKWAHD

英式

SUR-kyuh-luh FY-uh-ring SKWOD

语境中听

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.