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词汇 a double bind
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a double bind
a situation in which you cannot succeed because whatever you decide to do, there will be bad results.
Women find themselves in a double bind. If they stay at home with their kids they're regarded as non-achievers and if they go out to work, people say they're neglecting their family.
idioma double bindproblem a difficult situation in which anything you do to try to solve the problems will cause more problems:Students are caught in a double bind between a lack of jobs if they leave and a squeeze on higher education if they stay.It's a double bind - if we don't modernize, we lose competitive edge and have to cut jobs, and if we do modernize we have to cut jobs because we don't need them any more.

double bind

A no-win situation. When both of Sally's jobs scheduled her to work on the same day, she was put in a double bind. She needed both incomes and could not afford to lose either position.

a double bind

If you describe a situation as a double bind, you mean that the situation is impossible, because you have a problem that you cannot solve without causing another problem. It is the absent dad's double bind: abandon your children and you are attacked as irresponsible; fight to keep contact with them and you are accused of disrupting the child's new family life. Note: You can also say that you are in a double bind or are caught in a double bind. Women are in a double bind: they are expected to act like men, but are criticized when they do.
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