dilemma是什么意思？

dilemma

英[dɪˈlemə] 美[dɪˈlɛmə]

• n. 窘境，困境，进退两难；

复数：dilemmas;

例句

• the perennial dilemma between getting on at work and fulfilling family commitments 事业成功与履行家庭义务之间长期存在的矛盾
• She was in a dilemma whether to stay at school or get a job. 是继续求学还是找工作, 她感到难以决定。
• I had my choice between catch 22 s. What do you call that kind of dilemma? 我简直左右为难. 那种进退两难的滋味你说叫啥?
• Faced with the dilemma, he opted for soldiering on. 面临着进退两难的困境, 他决定顽强地坚持下去.
• Mercifully some one arrived upon the scene to extricate him from the dilemma and assume the responsibility. 幸亏有个人来替他解围,把责任包揽下来.
• Kieslowski handles the most insolvable ethical dilemma here. 但这只是女孩看到的片面真实而已.
• They try to find a way out of their dilemma. 他们试图摆脱困境.
• I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter. 这件事使我进退两难.
• to face a dilemma 面临左右为难的困境
• Beth the dietician was a dilemma. 饮食学家贝丝进退两难.

英语六级真题

Applicants are asked to describe an ethical dilemma they've faced and its impact on them, or discuss a public issue of special concern to them, or tell of a fictional character or creative work that has profoundly influenced them.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （进退两难的）窘境，困境
  A dilemma is a difficult situation in which you have to choose between two or more alternatives.
  例句
  He was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to return to his country... 要不要回国，他进退两难。 The issue raises a moral dilemma. 这个问题引发了一个道德上的两难抉择。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  左右为难
  She was in a dilemma whether to stay at school or get a job. 是继续求学还是找工作, 她感到难以决定。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

行业词典

• 计算机： 二难推论，难题；