quandary
英 [ˈkwɒndəri]
美 [ˈkwɑːndəri]
n. 困惑; 进退两难; 困窘
复数：quandaries
BNC.21357 / COCA.15583
牛津词典
noun
- 困惑；进退两难；困窘
the state of not being able to decide what to do in a difficult situation- 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？
- George was in a quandary ─should he go or shouldn't he?
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 困境；窘境;左右为难的境地
If you areinaquandary, you have to make a decision but cannot decide what to do.- 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。
- The government appears to be in a quandary about what to do with so many people.
英英释义
noun
- state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- 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
双语例句
- I've had two job offers, and I'm in a real quandary about which one to accept.
我收到两份工作聘请，真是左右为难，不知该接受哪个。 - It occurred to me that in the midst of this quandary my own primal question had finally been answered.
在这样的窘境中，我忽然想到当初那个问题的答案。 - Dear Annie: I am really embarrassed to even be asking this question, but I am in a quandary here and am hoping you ( or your readers) can help.
亲爱的安妮：提出这个问题，让我感到难堪，但我就是那1/4中的一员，希望你（或你的读者）能给我一些帮助。 - Foreign buying of land in emerging markets poses a special quandary for Brazil.
外资在新兴市场购买土地，给巴西造成了一种特殊的两难困境。 - I was put in a quandary.
我陷入进退两难的窘境中。 - More than any other scientific problem the cosmic-expansion conundrum presents scientists with an existential quandary.
宇宙膨胀之谜给科学家们提供了一个比所有其它科学问题更大的存在难题。 - We uncover the defects of natural laws, and see the quandary that man is in by their operation.
我们把自然律的缺陷揭穿了，把自然律的运用给人类的窘迫看明白了。 - But the quandary runs far deeper than denial.
但是比起拒绝接受现实，共和党的窘境深得多。 - In spite of this, they were in a quandary.
尽管这样，他们还觉得左右为难。 - His hard little face looked flintier than ever and Scarlett was in a quandary.
他这时扳着的面孔看上去比石头还坚硬，思嘉进退两难了。