🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4551 COCA: 4118

dilemma

Word family 
di·lem·ma /dəˈlemə, daɪ-/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
PROBLEMa situation in which it is very difficult to decide what to do, because all the choices seem equally good or equally bad 进退两难的境地，困境
 a moral dilemma
道德上进退两难的窘境
in a dilemma
 I’m in a dilemma about this job offer.
对于是否接受这个工作，我左右为难。
 This placed Robert Kennedy in a dilemma.
这让罗伯特·肯尼迪陷入了两难的境地。
 Many women are faced with the dilemma of choosing between work and family commitments.
许多女性面临着出去工作还是照顾家庭的两难境地。
→ be on the horns of a dilemma at horn1(6)
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
be in a dilemma
After years of recession, the company was in a dilemma over its future.
face a dilemma/be faced with a dilemma
Women may still be faced with the dilemma of choosing between jobs and families.
pose/create a dilemma
The difficult economic situation poses a dilemma for investors.
put/place somebody in a dilemma
His divided loyalties placed him in a dilemma.
resolve/solve a dilemma
People often need help with resolving their dilemmas.
explain your dilemma (=talk about it)
He explained his dilemma to me.
adjectives
a difficult/serious dilemma
He was in a serious dilemma because neither option seemed very desirable.
a terrible dilemma
She was in a terrible dilemma because she loved both men.
a moral/ethical/political etc dilemma
Doctors face a moral dilemma over how long to prolong someone's life.
a personal dilemma
The men who were on strike faced a personal dilemma over whether to return to work.
a painful dilemma (=a very difficult one)
She faced the painful dilemma of having to decide whether to tell the police about her son's crimes.
a common/familiar dilemma (=one that a lot of people have)
Deciding whether to put an elderly parent in a nursing home is a common dilemma.
the central dilemma (=the main one)
The prime minister's central dilemma was whether war was justified.
phrases
a way out of a dilemma (=a way to solve it)
There seemed to be no way out of the dilemma.
a solution to a dilemma (=a way to solve it)
One possible solution to the dilemma may be to divide the money equally between the brothers.
Examples from the Corpus
dilemma• With a child on each opposing team, Dad was faced with a dilemma: which supporters should he sit with?• It is a common dilemma: Should you stay where you have friends and family, or take that good job in a far-away city?• Writers are debating the ethical dilemma raised by the parents who did not want their Siamese twins separated.• The first dilemma has been discussed: the managers gradually learned that their subordinates varied extensively in skill and motivation.• Snipes gives a brilliant performance as a man caught in a moral dilemma.• This happens when the employee learns to escape the personal dilemma temporarily by devoting more effort to his or her job.• But last week's global stock market slump underscores the cartel's dilemma.• I explained the dilemma to a friend.• Many single parents struggle with the dilemma of dividing time between work and children.• Peace campaigners in the 1980s, and animal-rights and environmental groups in the 1990s, faced this dilemma.• Another unforeseen dilemma which now surfaced was how to satisfy the demands of the new customers for winter-weight, or seasonal clothes.
faced with ... dilemma• Governments, which are purchasers, are faced with the dilemma of safeguarding the benefits while containing the price of drugs.
Origin dilemma
(1500-1600) Greek “double statement”, from lemma “statement”
di·lem·ma noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
LDOCE Online
Chinese
Syllable
Corpus
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4551 COCA: 4118
dilemma

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DILEMMA | DILEMMA + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤acute, appalling, big, difficult, genuine, great, impossible, real, serious, terrible, thorny (especially NAmE) 嚴重的困境；巨大的窘境；棘手的困境；真正的兩難局面▸➤central, essential, fundamental核心的取捨困難；根本的兩難境地◇The fundamental dilemma remains: in a tolerant society, should we tolerate intolerance?基本的矛盾仍未消除：在寬容的社會裏，我們應不應該容忍狹隘 ?➤common, familiar常見的／熟悉的兩難困境▸➤interesting有趣的兩難局面▸➤human人類的兩難困境▸➤personal個人的左右為難▸➤ethical, moral倫理上難以取捨；道德上左右為難▸➤social社會的窘境▸➤policy, political政策上的兩難困境；政治上的窘境VERB + DILEMMA➤create, pose, present sb with造成兩難困境；引起左右為難；置某人於兩難困境◇This poses a difficult dilemma for teachers.這種情況讓老師很為難。➤be caught in, be faced with, confront, face, find yourself in, have陷入進退兩難的局面；面臨左右為難的窘境；發現自己左右為難；難以取捨◇They were caught in a real dilemma.他們陷入了進退兩難的境地。➤resolve, solve解決兩難的問題◇I could see no way of resolving this moral dilemma.我想不出解決這種道德上的兩難問題的辦法。DILEMMA + VERB➤arise, occur兩難局面產生◇the dilemma that arises when a doctor has to decide whether or not to prescribe an expensive treatment醫生必須決定是否開昂貴處方的兩難處境➤lie取捨困難存在◇The dilemma over human cloning lies at the heart of the ethical choices facing society.人類克隆的兩難處境本質上是社會面臨的倫理選擇問題。➤confront sb, face sb取捨問題擺在某人面前◇The dilemma facing the country's allies was even more serious.這個國家的盟國面臨的兩難困境更加嚴峻。PREPOSITION➤in a/the dilemma處在兩難困境中◇The president is now in a dilemma.總統現在陷入兩難境地。➤dilemma about, dilemma over在⋯上的左右為難◇She faced a dilemma about whether to accept the offer or not.她左右為難，不知道該不該接受這一提議。➤dilemma between在⋯之間的難以取捨◇the perennial dilemma between work and family commitments事業成功與履行家庭義務之間長期存在的矛盾PHRASES➤a solution to a dilemma, a way out of a dilemma矛盾的解決方案；擺脫兩難困境的方法◇I couldn't see any way out of the dilemma.我看不到有任何擺脫這個兩難局面的辦法。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4551 COCA: 4118
dilemma noun
⇨ mess 2
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4551 COCA: 4118
dilemma
Difficult situations and experiences: crisis, battle, nightmare...

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 朗文詞典 📚
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime