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double bind

双重束缚,双重捆绑,双层捆绑,双重约束

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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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Examples

  • 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.

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