Perlow calls this vicious cycle the "cycle of responsiveness": Once bosses and colleagues experience an employee's increased responsiveness, they increase their demands on the employee's time.(珀洛将这种恶性循环称为“响应周期”:一旦老板和同事体验到员工的响应能力增强,他们就会增加对员工时间的要求。)
In other words, a vicious circle.(换句话说,就是一个恶性循环。)
Thailand can be a vicious place.(泰国有时是个危险的地方。)
Beware of vicious dog.(谨防恶犬。)
He suffered a vicious attack by a gang of white youths.(他遭到了一帮白人青年凶残的攻击。)
The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard.(作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。)
Their loss was partly due to a vicious price war between manufacturers that has cut margins to the bone.(他们的亏损部分是因为制造商之间把利润空间削减到了极点的一场恶性价格战。)