Dilemma

[dɪ'lemə;daɪ-] or [dɪˈlemə]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.

整理:罗伯塔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

錄入:特德

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Quandary, strait, difficult choice, puzzling alternative, awkward or bad predicament.

校對:朗达

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Fix, hobble, quandary, doubt, difficulty, scrape

ANT:Extrication, rebutment, freedom, advantage, superiority, escape, solution,retort

編輯:谢恩

解釋/意思:

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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