quandary
英 ['kwɒnd(ə)rɪ]
美['kwɑndəri]
- n. 困惑；窘境；为难
词态变化
复数: quandaries;
助记提示
quandary-------"困"--------窘境
中文词源
quandary 困境，进退两难
来自拉丁语quando,何时，什么时候，哪天，来自qui,谁，如何，该，来自PIE*kwo,疑问代词词干，词源同quality,quantity,who,how.引申词义没所握，困境，进退两难。-and,现在分词。
英英释意
- 1. 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"
- 2. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
英文词源
- quandary
- quandary: [16] Quandary may have originated as a quasi-latinism. One of its early forms was quandare, which suggests that it may have been a pseudo-Latin infinitive verb, coined on the fanciful notion that Latin quandō ‘when’ was a first person present singular form.
- quandary (n.)
- "state of perplexity," 1570s, of unknown origin, perhaps a quasi-Latinism based on Latin quando "when? at what time?; at the time that, inasmuch," pronominal adverb of time, related to qui "who" (see who). Originally accented on the second syllable.
实用场景例句
- 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？
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I was put in a great quandary.
- 我陷于进退两难的窘境.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- I was in a quandary about whether to go.
- 我当时正犹豫到底去不去.
《简明英汉词典》
- In spite of this, they were in a quandary.
- 尽管这样, 他们还觉得左右为难.
辞典例句
- I was put in a quandary.
- 我陷入进退两难的窘境中.
辞典例句
- His hard little face looked flintier than ever and Scarlett was in a quandary.
- 他这时板着的面孔看上去比石头还坚硬,思嘉进退两难了.
飘（部分）
- Theorists have proposed ways of resolving this quandary.
- 理论家提出了一些方法来解释这个问题.
期刊摘选
- At this point , I was in a slight bit of a quandary.
- 我觉得爱波伦丝太太有些不可思议.
期刊摘选
- The book is aimed at people who are in some kind of quandary. People with passion.
- 这本书是专为那些陷入某种困境、却仍怀有激情的人们而写的.
期刊摘选
- Slowing sales are putting developers everywhere a quandary.
- 销售速度放慢使得开发商陷入窘境.
期刊摘选
- I was in a quandary, for this situation was totally unforeseen.
- 我陷入困惑, 因为这个局面完全没有被预料到.
辞典例句
- I a quandary about whether to go.
- 我到底去不去,真是“左右为难”.
期刊摘选
- I am in a great quandary.
- 我现在非常困惑.
期刊摘选
- Quandary? Passion? Dante ate them for breakfast.
- 困境? 激情? 但丁拿它们当家常便饭.
期刊摘选
- Carrie hung in a quandary, balancing between decision and helplessness.
- 嘉莉正左右为难.想下决心, 又觉得无助.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 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.
辞典例句
- That leaves us in a bit of a quandary.
- 那让我们感到一丝的为难.
期刊摘选
- She's in a bit of a quandary about which of the jobs to accept.
- 她拿不准应该选择哪一个工作.
期刊摘选
- He found himself in a quandary.
- 他发现自己处于左右为难的窘境之中.
辞典例句
- The quandary for investors is assessing which banks will clean up their credit problems the quickest.
- 投资者的难题是判断哪些银行能够最快理清自己的信贷问题.
期刊摘选
- I wasa quandary, for this situation was totally unforeseen.
- 我陷入困惑, 因为这个“局面”完全没有被预料到.
期刊摘选
- As a matter of fact, she was in a most hopeless quandary.
- 事实上, 她正陷入进退两难的困境.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- His question placed me in a quandary.
- 他的问题使我有口难开.
辞典例句
- Her unwillingness to cooperate put me in a quandary.
- 她不愿合作,这使我陷入困境.
辞典例句
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- 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。
辞典例句
- 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？
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