英语单词 | quandary |
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英美音标 | 英 ['kwɒndəri] 美 ['kwɑːndəri] |
中文释义 | n.困惑;迷惑;为难 |
英语例句 | (1) He's caught in a little bit of a quandary. (2) But it leaves the US and her Asian allies in a quandary over their long-term strategy toward Pyongyang. (3) The man's request put me in a quandary, I didn't know what to do. |
中文例句 | (1) 海德处于一个困惑的境地。 (2) 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。 (3) 那个人的要求使我为难,我不知道如何是好。 |
vocabulary简明 | How to define the word quandary? Wow, this is quite a dilemma. What to do, what to do? Hmmm. Looks like this moment itself is a quandary: a tough situation that will be really hard to resolve. |
vocabulary扩展 | If you’re uncertain what to do because all of your options seem unpleasant, you’re probably in a quandary. Some voters find themselves in a quandary when they dislike all of the candidates. A more common quandary is when you plan two events at the same time and can’t decide which one to attend. Some synonyms are predicament, dilemma, plight, and pickle — and choosing which word to use is a quandary in itself. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]困境;窘境;左右为难的境地 If you are in a quandary, you have to make a decision but cannot decide what to do. [usu sing]
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