(noun.) state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.
整理:罗伯塔
双语例句
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.