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Going round in circles 原地兜圈子

Going round in circles 原地兜圈子

A woman checks a piece of artwork at the 2012 Armory Exhibition in New York. Photo by Timothy A.Clary

今日短语

Going round in circles 这个短语的意思是没有进展总在原地兜圈子。

例句

We've been talking about this for hours but we keep going round in circles.

I've been driving around for ages trying to find the station but I seem to keep going round in circles.

今日小常识

The work of art shown in the photo is displayed at the 2012 Armory show in New York. It displays influential contemporary artwork from around the world. The art show's name comes from the city's 69th Regiment Armory building where the first exhibition was held in 1913.



这是在2012年军械库艺博会上展出的一幅艺术品。这次武库展还选录了其他一些来自世界各地的有影响力的当代作品。武库展的名字来自纽约69军团的军械库大楼。该幢大楼曾于1931年举办了首次艺术展览。



We've got to make a decision otherwise we'll be going round in circles all day.

请注意

To go full circle 意思是转了360 度,转了整整一圈儿,回到原地。

She's back working in the same office where she first started so her career has gone full circle.

My cake-making skills have gone full circle; I'm back to making the sort of cakes I first used to make.