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n. 困惑；窘境；为难
n.
窘困；不知所措；左右为难；
变形
复数：quandaries
英英释义
quandary[ 'kwɔndəri ]
n.
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
同义词：predicamentplight
state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
同义词：dilemma
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
He's caught in a little bit of a quandary.
海德处于一个困惑的境地。
But it leaves the US and her Asian allies in a quandary over their long-term strategy toward Pyongyang.
但同时让美国及其亚洲盟国在处理平壤核问题的长期战略上陷于困惑。
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。
权威例句
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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.
1. I was put in a quandary.
我陷入进退两难的窘境中。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. He wanted to marry, to get settled somehow, to get out of the quandary he found himself in.
他想结婚，安定下来从他目前感到正处于的窘境中解脱出来。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. Her unwillingness to cooperate put me in a quandary.
她不愿合作,这使我陷入困境。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. I was in a quandary about whether to go.
我到底去不去,真是左右为难。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. In spite of this, they were in a quandary.
尽管这样，他们还觉得左右为难。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. He found himself in a quandary.
他发现自己处于左右为难的窘境之中。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. His first foreign aid message in late March illustrated his quandary.
他在三月底提出的第一个援外咨文，就表明了他的困难处境。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. I was put in a great quandary.
我简直为难死了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. be in a (great) quandary
陷入进退两难的困境,完全束手无策
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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