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quandary

美 [ˈkwɑːndəri]英 [ˈkwɒndəri]
  • n.左右为难;困惑;进退两难;困窘

复数: quandaries

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noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies

困惑;进退两难;困窘
the state of not being able to decide what to do in a difficult situation

George was in a quandary ─should he go or shouldn't he?

乔治犹豫不定——他是该去呢,还是不该去?

dilemma

quandary

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 困境;窘境;左右为难的境地
    If you are in a quandary, you have to make a decision but cannot decide what to do.

    The government appears to be in a quandary about what to do with so many people.

    政府似乎陷入了左右为难的境地,不知道该拿这么多人怎么办。

noun

1
state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
Synonym: dilemma
2
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
finds himself in a most awkward predicament
the woeful plight of homeless people
Synonym: predicament plight

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  1. The government appears to be in a quandary about what to do with so many people .

    政府似乎陷入了左右为难的境地,不知道该拿这么多人怎么办。

  2. In spite of this , they were in a quandary .

    尽管这样,他们还觉得左右为难。

  3. George was in a quandary ─ should he go or shouldn 't he ?

    乔治犹豫不定——他是该去呢,还是不该去?

  4. The man 's request put me in a quandary , I didn 't know what to do .

    那个人的要求使我为难,我不知道如何是好。

  5. We uncover the defects of natural laws , and see the quandary that man is in by their operation .

    我们把自然律的缺陷揭穿了,把自然律的运用给人类的窘迫看明白了。

  6. I was put in a great quandary .

    我陷于进退两难的窘境。

  7. Behind all these quandaries , of course , lies the summer 's basic political mystery .

    此番窘境,当然都可以归结是夏天的原因

  8. I see conundrums , dilemmas , quandaries , impasses , gnarly thickets of fateful possibility with no obvious way out .

    眼看问题经纬万端,进退两难、入困境,死路一条,盘根错节的命定可能性,但找不到明显的出路

  9. Occupational quandaries of male nursing students and corresponding clinical teaching considerations

    男护生的职业困惑及临床带教思路

  10. The Legal Status of Overseas Chinese Schools in Japan and Relevant Quandaries

    试论日本华侨学校的法律地位及其所带来的问题

  11. In such a quandary , controlling the environmental cost becomes a burning problem .

    面对如此窘境,采取何种方式来控制环境成本成为了亟待解决的问题。

  12. She 's found that dreams help people work through the day 's emotional quandaries .

    她已经发现,梦帮助人们处理白天的情绪困境。

  13. Scientific publishing in China is in a quandary .

    中国的学术出版正处在令人为难的窘境当中。

  14. The Problem of Belief Quandary in Social Transition

    社会转型中的信仰迷失问题

  15. He went out to his house in a quandary concerning life and chance .

    他怀着对生活和命运忧虑重重的心情走回家去。

  16. I was in a quandary about whether to go .

    我到底去不去,真是左右为难。

  17. We 're in a quandary over which school to send our children to .

    我们举棋不定,不知该送我们的孩子去哪个学校。

  18. Mr Bernanke faces a much more complex quandary .

    而伯南克面临的局面则更加复杂,令人进退两难。

  19. Foreign buying of land in emerging markets poses a special quandary for Brazil .

    外资在新兴市场购买土地,给巴西造成了一种特殊的两难困境。

  20. " My ten years in a quandary , and how they grew "

    我怎样度过十年窘境

  21. And if they allow themselves to experience the quandary .

    如果它们允许自己去经历这些个困惑。

  22. He 's in a quandary about whether to join the club .

    他对是否参加俱乐部感到无所适从。

  23. I 've had two job offers , and I 'm in a real quandary about which one to accept .

    我收到两份工作聘请,真是左右为难,不知该接受哪个。

  24. That leaves investors in a quandary how to construct a portfolio at a time of great uncertainty ?

    这就给投资者出了一个难题目在经济前景如此不明朗的情况下,该如何构建自己的投资组合呢?

  25. reflecting that nation 's division and the quandary left for U.S. policymakers .

    这反映出留给美国的政策制定者们这个国家的分裂和困惑。

  26. When he arrived home , he faced a quandary . How to get the gold out ?

    到家后他陷入窘境,该如何取出这些金子呢?

  27. It put me in a quandary when I realized that I had missed my train .

    当我意识到我已赶不上火车时,我不知如何是好。

  28. ( of words ) be difficult or impossible to say His question placed me in a quandary .

    (指言词)难于启齿,说不出口他的问题使我有口难开。

  29. The quandary is not going unrecognised Hungary has already had European Union support .

    这种两难困境不会被忽略匈牙利就已经获得了欧盟(eu)的支持。

  30. It 's only a matter of time before clock studies resolve even more profound quandaries of temporal existence .

    迟早,生物时钟的研究将能解决时间存在的较大难题。