Dilemma
[dɪ'lemə;daɪ-] or [dɪˈlemə]
解释:
(noun.) state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.
整理:罗伯塔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.
(n.) A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position.
录入:特德
同义词及近义词：
n. Quandary, strait, difficult choice, puzzling alternative, awkward or bad predicament.
校对:朗达
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Fix, hobble, quandary, doubt, difficulty, scrape
ANT:Extrication, rebutment, freedom, advantage, superiority, escape, solution,retort
编辑:谢恩
解释:
n. a form of argument in which the maintainer of a certain proposition is committed to accept one of two alternative propositions each of which contradicts his original contention: a position where each of two alternative courses (or of all the feasible courses) is eminently undesirable: a trying practical difficulty. The argument was called a 'horned syllogism ' and the victim compared to a man certain to be impaled on one or other of the horns of an infuriated bull hence the Horns of a dilemma: the usual phrase Landed in a dilemma is or suggests a mixed metaphor.—adj. Dilemmat′ic.
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例句:
- Fred felt himself to be in a disgusting dilemma. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- One morning, coming on me abruptly, and with the semblance of hurryshe said she found herself placed in a little dilemma. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- It was just like Ellen, Mrs. Welland's tired voice implied, to place the family in such a dilemma. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Advantage was taken of this dilemma by Mr Venus, to pass a scrap of paper into Mr Boffin's hand, and lay his finger on his own lip. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- If we choose the first part of the dilemma, these are the consequences. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- He tells an amusing story of one dilemma into which his good-nature led him at this period: At Menlo Park one day, a farmer came in and asked if I knew any way to kill potato-bugs. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- No doubt a sense of this dilemma is partly responsible for Wilson's earnest plea that the question of liquor be left out of the campaign. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Mr. Bry, a short pale man, with a business face and leisure clothes, met the dilemma hilariously. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- The dilemma makes no provision for coming to know, for learning; it assumes either complete knowledge or complete ignorance. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- You see my dilemma. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Bear in mind that interest means the active or moving identity of the self with a certain object, and the whole alleged dilemma falls to the ground. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- He fought the dilemma long, but yielded at last. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- When Fort Sumter was fired upon, Uncle Sam turned to the Remington plant, among others, for help out of his dilemma of unpreparedness. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- In this dilemma Mr. Pickwick bethought himself of his new friend, Mr. Perker. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- This question is very difficult, and reduces us to a very dangerous dilemma, whichever way we answer it. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
编辑:韦德