square the circle

square the circle

美 　英

• na.求與圓面積相等的正方形；試圖做不可能的事
• 網絡做辦不到的事；求成圓面積相等的正方形；解決兩難之局

英漢解釋

na.	1. 求與圓面積相等的正方形;試圖做不可能的事,妄想 2. 作面積等于一個圓的正方形;做異想天開的事

英英解釋

na.	1. to do something that is very difficult or impossible

例句

A few weeks back, Mr Fukuda tried to square the circle by turning a page in the atlas.

幾周前，福田康夫試圖通過地理概念上的創新來自圓其說。

It never could square the circle that its clients stood to lose any war resulting from pushing tensions beyond a certain point.

它永遠不會讓它的追隨者們由于緊張局勢超過一定的限度而去打一場一定會輸掉的戰爭。

How can businesses square the circle, encouraging risk taking but avoiding recklessness?

企業怎么能做不可能的事，在鼓勵冒險的同時又避免魯莽呢？

Better technologies can square the circle of economic growth with sustainability.

較好的科技還可以藉永續力重新調整經濟成長的循環。

American parents must also square the circle of ultra-short holidays for grown-ups and absurdly long ones for kids.

美國父母們還必須調整自己頻繁的短假期和孩子們荒唐長的假保持一致。

One participant at the Apec summit this week tried to square the circle.

在本周的APEC峰會上，有一位與會者試圖做不可能的事。

Square the circle; square the wood with a file .

用銼把木頭弄成方形。

Hong Kong's Link real estate investment trust, with a market capitalisation of US$4. 8bn, is trying to square the circle.

擁有48億美元市值的香港領匯房地產投資信托基金（Linkrealestateinvestmenttrust），正試圖完成這一不可能完成的任務。

Capital controls could square the circle, but these are never watertight.

資本管制有可能解決這個難題，但這些手段決非無懈可擊。

Let's square the circle = I'm someone who can unify two team members' views and sound important

讓我們把不可能變成可能——我是可以統一不同團隊成員意見的人，我最重要。