quandary
['kwɔndəri]
n. 困惑, 迷惑, 为难
例句与用法:
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。
I was put in a great quandary.
我陷于进退两难的窘境。
I am in a quandary, for this situation is totally unforeseen.
我陷入困惑,因为这个局面完全没有被预料到。
词形变化:
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n.[C]
困惑; 为难; 窘境[(+about/as to)]
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。
Her unwillingness to cooperate put me in a quandary.
她不愿合作, 这使我陷入困境。
短语词组:
in a quandary
1. 左右为难
I was in a quandary about whether to go.
我到底去不去, 真是左右为难。
quandary
名词复数:quandaries
词形变化:
名词复数: quandaries |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.困惑; 窘境
dilemma
perplexity
predicament
confusion
puzzle
uncertainty
同义参见:
paradox
embarrassment
fix
quandary['kwɔndəri]n.1.■困惑,无所适从2.■左右为难的窘境变形n.quandaries
quandaryquandary[ˈkwɔndəri]n.1.■窘, 困惑, 左右为难I was put in a great quandary.我陷于进退两难的窘境。
[ˈkwɒnd(ə)ri]
(pl. -ies)
- a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation
困惑,进退两难,困窘
Kate was in a quandary.
凯特进退两难。
■a difficult situation; a practical dilemma
(进退两难的)困境,窘境
a legal quandary.
法律上的窘境。
- late 16th cent.: perhaps partly from Latin quando 'when'
quandary
名词 quandary:
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
同义词:predicament, plight
state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
同义词:dilemma
quandary
■be in a quandary
v. 左右为难
■"Having captured our men, we were in a quandary how to keep them" (Theodore Roosevelt).
“抓到了我们的人之后,我们却苦于不知该如何看住他们” (西奥多·罗斯福)。
■Once there is a true fire, many people would be in a quandary and know nothing to do.
一旦真的发生火灾,许多人就不知所措,不知道该干什么好了。
■The Chinese government finds itself in a quandary.
中国政府发现自己处于窘境。
■How Can TCM Major of Secondary Vocational School Get out of Quandary
中等职业学校中医专业怎样走出困境
■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?
■The Contending Notions of Order and Justice in Russia and Their Diplomatic Quandary
争论中的俄罗斯秩序公正观及其外交困惑
■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。
■One wondered if the doubters understand the depth of Wisconsin's economic quandary.
人们不禁要问,这些持怀疑论者是否真正理解威斯康星所面临的经济困境的严重性。
■One wondered if the doubters understand the depth of Wisconsin's economic quandary
人们不禁要问,这些持怀疑论者是否真正理解威斯康星所面临的经济困境的严重性。
■He found himself in a quandary.
他发现自己处于左右为难的窘境之中。
■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。
■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。
■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。
■His question placed me in a quandary.
他的问题使我有口难开。
■The beret presented a quandary of a visual feast with his tie and golf shirt.
他老爱用一个很大的旅行包,里面装着他的手提电脑、书及其他东西。
■He felt it would be bad to go and bad not to go. He was in a real quandary.
他觉得去也不好,不去也不好,实在尴尬。
■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。
■Solve the growing quandary of filial heart in time with efficient communication way;
以有效的沟通方式及时解决子女内心的成长困惑;
■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。
■But studies have produced mixed results, leaving women and doctors in a bit of a quandary.
但是,研究结果的多样性,往往让医生和女性陷入困惑。
■Howeer, egg-freezing is not being widely promoted for healthy women - in part, because fertility experts are in a quandary about which women should hae access to it.
卵子冷冻技术并没有对健康妇女大范围推广,部分原因是因为生殖专家还没有决定哪些妇女该采用此项技术。
■Brands and the Counterfeiting Quandary.
品牌和假冒的窘境。
■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。
■Accordingly, in communication of many minutes 20, netizen of a lot of undergraduates posed the quandary to obtain employment to Liu Zhigeng.
因此,在20多分钟的交流里,很多大学生网友向刘志庚提出了对就业的困惑。
■Quandary? Passion? Dante ate them for breakfast.
困境?激情?但丁拿它们当家常便饭。
■In communication of many minutes 20, netizen of a lot of undergraduates posed the quandary of obtain employment to Liu Zhigeng.
在20多分钟的交流里,很多大学生网友向刘志庚提出了就业的困惑。
■Here the logic halts, for the origin of the Devil had to be explained, and when the medieval theologians proceeded with their usual scholastic logic to deal with the problem, they got into a quandary.
在这里,逻辑发生问题了,因为“魔鬼”的来源须得解释一下,而当中世纪的神学家继续用他们平常的学者的逻辑去研究这个问题时,他们陷入了进退两难的境地了。
■The Cultural Advantage and Quandary of Multi-Visual Angle-About the Writing of Kazak Authoress Kayxa and Erkesh
多元视角的文化优势与困惑--从哈萨克女作家哈依霞、叶尔克西的创作谈起
■Her unwillingness to cooperate put me in a quandary.
她不愿合作,这使我陷入困境。
■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。
■How to attract new customers to your product and website is the constant quandary of many businesses, small or large.
如何把新客户吸引到你的产品和网站上许多企业不断遇到的窘境,无论企业是大是小。
■quandary in learning
学习困惑
■More grudgingly, they also understand his quandary in Afghanistan.
对于奥巴马在阿富汗的窘境,他们也不大情愿地表示理解。
■This pitfall causes a quandary for most developers.
对大多数开发人员来说,该陷阱会引起困惑。
■Fantasy GM's - substitute another player in Odom's stead - the financial quandary remains the same.
寻求奥多姆代替者的完美想法由于财政上的困惑还是一样无法解决。
■In spite of this, they were in a quandary.
尽管这样,他们还觉得左右为难。
■Don't be in a quandary
左右为难
■"[The] quandary lies in Afghanistan and, therefore, the solution has to be found in Afghanistan itself," said Syed Athar Ali.
巴基斯坦国防部长阿里在亚洲安全高峰会上表示,有一种误解认为巴基斯坦是该地区极端主义的策源地。
■The quandary comes when you’re my mother and you keep bouncing between two incompatible points of view.
当你的母亲和你之间产生两种对立的观点时,就到了进退两难的地步了。
■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。
■I'm in a quandary about what to do.
我不知怎么办才好。
■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。
■Her unwillingness to cooperate put me in a quandary .
我到底去不去,真是左右为难。
■The Quandary and Future of Hospital CIO in China
我国医院信息主管的窘境与出路
■"My Ten Years in a Quandary, and How They Grew"
我怎样度过十年窘境
■I do want to help you, but I'm in a quandary now.
我是想帮你,但是我现在左右为难啊!
■I am in a great quandary.
我现在非常困惑。
■I was put in a great [ in rather a ] quandary.
我简直为难死了。
■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。
in a quandary
1. 左右为难
I was in a quandary about whether to go.
我到底去不去, 真是左右为难。
习惯用语be in quandary (about,as to)1.■(对...)左右为难