double bind
双重束缚,双重捆绑,双层捆绑,双重约束
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- : Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
- : dilemma.
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In the meantime, many restaurant workers are still in a double bind.
In recognition of this double bind, many state and local jurisdictions have adopted “ban the box” laws that prohibit asking candidates at the start of a hiring process about past arrests, charges or incarceration history.
And Ollie says, ‘Oh, I see, well, let me have two double vodka martinis.’
A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
He went on to say that even such double horrors had never kept cops from continuing on.
Faced with the loss of middle class voters, the administration seems determined to double down on its current coalition.
Albuquerque Economic Development, a private non-profit, estimates the five year growth rate at almost double the U.S. in general.
Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.
The way was under a double row of tall trees, which met at the top and formed a green arch over our heads.
The wretched young man persistently exercises his right of crying "Banco," and so practically going double or quits each time.