Dilemma
困境
definition
noun
the people often face the dilemma of feeding themselves or their cattle
a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones.
translation of 'dilemma'
noun
困境,
进退两难
example
That, in our submission, gives rise to something of a logical 'dilemma' .
the people often face the 'dilemma' of feeding themselves or their cattle
They might finally confront the central 'dilemma' of inadequate global demand versus the permanent overabundance of supply.
the insoluble 'dilemma' of adolescence
It's the ultimate 'dilemma' for the indecisive: two women, attractive, intelligent, devoted.
The struggle by peoples the world over to find a solution to an insoluble 'dilemma' will continue ad infinitum.
he wants to make money, but he also disapproves of it: Den's 'dilemma' in a nutshell
All the problems that humans encounter sets up a powerful 'dilemma' : the choice between life and death.
The novel delves into the 'dilemma' of the problems in keeping a secret that will hang over you for all of your life.
The 'dilemma' of a choice between chaos and injustice is perhaps very real.
The 'dilemma' , like all ethical dilemmas, arose by virtue of a conflict between values.
He was given two tough choices, a 'dilemma' that he didn't wish to have.
His 'dilemma' rests in the choice between telling a lie and losing his chance to marry the woman he loves.
That he chose to open up about the 'dilemma' between security and normality indicates rough times ahead.
A similar 'dilemma' arises for those who condemn termination in any circumstances but support the death penalty.
the insoluble 'dilemma' of adolescence
But in an age of mass-production, we have managed to turn shopping for a basic food into a complicated 'dilemma' .
Whatever your own problems, difficulties or 'dilemmas' , when a friend comes to you in tears or with the look on her face, it's your job to drop everything and listen.
He wasn't good with 'dilemmas' , choices usually involved thinking and thinking wasn't his strong point.
Guidelines that disseminate new information and provide advice are welcome, but they should not be couched so rigidly as to present clinicians who practise in the current defensive culture with insoluble 'dilemmas' .
But why have a dedicated international gay sports event, and what sorts of difficulties and 'dilemmas' do homosexual sportspeople face that others don't?
Ultimately, as is the case in almost all ethical 'dilemmas' in medicine, a series of practical considerations will move me further in one direction than another.
The problem with these false 'dilemmas' is that we are undersold - we think we must be either/or.
We can understand the 'dilemmas' and difficulties his characters face, but never truly feel them.
When you got one of those complicated 'dilemmas' or challenges, you hired the folks at a full-service consulting firm and paid them millions of dollars, and they helped you.
How are your character's 'dilemmas' , the various choices he faces, resolved?
Neither writer resorts to saccharine: both reflect accurately and sympathetically the 'dilemmas' and delusions of adolescence.
He both convenes community and shatters its calcifications, creating the space for oracular truths to emerge while posing equally provocative 'dilemmas' .
All of which suggests that while South Africa has begun to face up to its apartheid past, it has rather more trouble confronting the sexual 'dilemmas' of its present.
What better way for a man of means and intellect to get to know the real 'dilemmas' and down-to-earth problems of the people he so gallantly serves?
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