摘要
1.A chicken-and-egg situation(鸡生蛋、蛋生鸡的状况;因果难定的情形)是先有鸡还是先有蛋?这是一个为人津津乐道的难题。当我们用英语描述这类情况时,常用的搭配是a chicken-and-egg situation或a chicken-and-egg question。例如:It’s no use wasting our time over chicken-and-egg questions because there are usually no set answers.