英语词汇square the circle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	square the circle
词源	square the circle. It is mathematically impossible to square the circle, as mathematicians discovered centuries ago. There- fore, just as long ago, people began to use the expression figura- tively to describe someone undertaking any futile, impossible task.
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