ping [pi?]

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聯(lián)系（及物動詞,，非正式用語）

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(transitive verb, INFORMAL) To make a brief contact or communication, often in order to confirm that the communication system is operating properly.

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EXAMPLE: To let him know I am available if he needs me, I like to ping my colleague in our office on the other side of town every morning by sending him a short e-mail.

我喜歡每天早上給在城市另一邊的辦公室的同事發(fā)一封短郵件聯(lián)系,，好讓他知道，如果需要我,，我可以幫他,。

vicious circle

惡性循環(huán)

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A negative cycle in which one bad thing leads to another, endlessly.

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EXAMPLE: At family celebrations, one of my aunts always criticizes her sister, who argues back, and the vicious circle has begun again.

在家族慶祝會上，我的一個姑媽老是批評她的妹妹,，妹妹還嘴,，于是開始了惡性循環(huán)。