评论
打印
Lesson 105. Catch-22
第105课 进退维谷
Nobody likes war and Joseph Heller is no exception.
没有人喜欢战争，而约瑟夫·海勒也不例外。
In 1961 he published an antiwar novel entitled Catch-22.
他在1961年的候出版了一本名叫《进退维谷》的反战小说。
The book is about a soldier who hated war and didn't want to do military service.
这本书写的是关于一位厌恶战争又不愿意服役的军人。
To prevent soldiers from quitting, the military has a rule which states that you can only get out of the military if you're crazy.
为了防止军人中途退出，军方有一则规定，表示只有当你疯了的时候才能离开部队。
However, they also have a rule (number 22) which says that if you hate war, you're not crazy, so you can't get out.
然而，他们也有一项规定（第二十二条），说如果你厌恶战争，那你就没有疯，所以你不能离开。
In other words, it's no use trying to leave the military because you just can't win.
换句语说，想要离开部队是白费力气，因为你就是赢不了。
Since that novel was published, the term catch-22 has come to be used to express a no-win situation.
自从从那本小说出版后，Catch-22这个用语就逐渐被用来表示进退维谷的情况。
