There may be a circular argument there.

这大概是个循环论证。

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This is a circular argument: high rates mean more defaults.

这是一个循环的论证：高额的利率意味着更多的违约。

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Simon (1947) concludes that the assumption so often made in organizational studies, that an arrangement is effective because it exists, is a circular argument of the worst sort.

Simon（1947）认定在组织研究中如此频繁地做出某一种安排存在即有效的假设，是一种最恶劣的循环论证。

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There may be a circular argument there.

这大概是个循环论证。

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Shocked and dismayed, the purveyors of conventional wisdom made the circular argument that the unexpected rise in the overall price level was caused by the rise in commodity prices, especially the tripling of the price of oil.

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But that argument is circular.

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Both sides have their points, but the argument has become sterile and circular.

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