Actual meaning: We're literally planning to go round in circles.

实际上，我们打算在原地打转。

The boat was on the inside of the huge whirlpool and we were going round in circles at great speed.

船在巨大的漩涡里面，而我们在漩涡里高速旋转。

Then he waddled round in circles, looking up to us from time to time, as if to ask for sympathy in his embarrassment.

后来又打了几个转，抬起头来，似乎向我们请示。

They were beating the ponies to keep going round and round in circles and the whole scene was just an absolute horror show.

他们不停地鞭打小马，让它们不停地转啊转，整个场面简直是一场恐怖的表演。

An eddy is like a small whirlpool, an area where the water goes round and round in circles.

涡流就像一个小漩涡，水在其中一圈又一圈地旋转。

By the time The Hopeful Puffin had stopped turning round in circles, the fog had started to lift a little.

当满怀希望的海雀不再转圈时，雾已经开始散去一点。

Her mast was too long and leaned lopsidedly to the left, so that in a strong wind she went round in circles.

她的桅杆太长了，而且向左倾斜，所以她在大风中绕圈子。

It can throw you for a loop, you can find yourself going round and round in circles where other racers fear to tread.

它会让你陷入困境，你会发现自己在其他赛车手不敢踩的圈子里转来转去。

That way people focus on what they really need to do to improve, and don't just keep going round and round in circles.

这样人们就会专注于他们真正需要改进的地方，而不是一直在兜圈子。

Even though it was very hot that day, they were beating the ponies to keep going round and round in circles, and the whole scene was just an absolute horror show.

尽管那天天气很热，他们还是不停地鞭打小马，让它们转来转去，整个场面简直是一场恐怖的表演。

" I was going round in circles, calling the embassy, trying to get information, " he told me. " I was very worried. He got ill and I couldn't get hold of him. I was thinking I would have to go to bloody bury him."

克里斯托弗告诉我：“我一直在原地兜圈子，给大使馆打电话，试图获取信息。我非常担心。他生病了，我联系不上他。我在想我得去把他埋了。”