catch-22

1. N-SING If you describe a situation as a Catch-22, you mean it is an impossible situation because you cannot do one thing until you do another thing, but you cannot do the second thing until you do the first thing. 相互矛盾的困窘[oft N n]

It's a Catch-22 situation here. Nobody wants to support you until you're successful, but without the support how can you ever be successful?

這就是一個(gè)相互矛盾的困窘。沒有人想要支持你除非你已經(jīng)成功了，但是如果沒有人支持，你怎么可能成功呢？