merry-go-round n. 旋转木马
merry-go-round[ noun ]- a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)
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if we lose the election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have to start over
- a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
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Merry-go-round \Mer"ry-go`-round"\, n.
Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a
group of seats in the shape of hobbyhorses or other fanciful
animals, arranged in a circle on a platform that is rotated
by a mechanical drive, often to the accompaniment of music;
the seats often move up and down in synchrony with the
rotation; -- called also {carousel}. It is employed primarily
for the amusement of children, and is typically found at an
amusement park.
- A good example is BR's highly profitable business moving coal from pits to power stations on so-called merry-go-round trains. The decline of rail freight in Britain mirrors the changing structure of British industry.
- They have had a lot of fun overspending other people's money and getting re-elected as a result, but it's time the merry-go-round stopped.
- There was not much meditation. One of the temples around the base of the bell-shaped golden pagoda even contained a small merry-go-round, with flashing lights and statues of Buddhas holding out bowls.
- "Here's a merry-go-round," says Bronislawa Fitak.
- He has already held discussions with UK institutions on supporting such an idea. Appeals to the UK government so far have been frustrated by a ceaseless merry-go-round of bureaucratic buck-passing, he says.
- In contrast, markets today are rearranged by the "marriage-divorce-remarriage merry-go-round."
- "We kill them, but the wind keeps blowing new ones in. It's kind of like a big merry-go-round." This year has been especially bad.