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单词 quandary
释义
quandary
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈkwɒn.dri/us
/ˈkwɑːn.dri/
astateof not beingabletodecidewhat to do about asituationin which you areinvolved:
窘境；犹豫不决
I've had twojoboffers, and I'minarealquandaryabout/overwhich one toaccept.我得到两份工作，不知该接受哪个，真是左右为难。
Synonym
dilemma
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Doubt & ambivalence
  • ambivalence
  • ambivalent
  • ambivalently
  • askance
  • be in two mindsidiom
  • have a foot in both campsidiom
  • haw
  • hem
  • hem and hawidiom
  • hum and hawidiom
  • nonconcern
  • nonplussed
  • rudderless
  • shades of greyidiom
  • shilly-shally
  • wary
  • waver
  • wavering
  • wishy-washy
  • wobble
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(Definition ofquandaryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

quandary| American Dictionary

quandary
noun[Cusually sing]
us
/ˈkwɑn·dri/
astateof not beingabletodecidewhat to do about asituationin which you areinvolved:
I’ve had twojoboffers, and I’m in arealquandary about/over which one toaccept.
(Definition ofquandaryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquandary

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These results will not affect studies of large parties, but do create aquandaryfor research where there are small voting blocs.
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Averroes' way out of thequandarywas to posit a "divine force", owing to which the heat is generated by reflected light.
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Here we find ourselves in an analyticalquandary.
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The first thing a professional linguist will say, at this point, is that thisquandaryhas been well-known since at least the 1950s.
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However, the anthropologist is still left with an ethnographicquandary: not all displacements and mass movements are diasporic.
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As trainees strive to become "team players" their interactions with colleagues are frequent sources of ethical conflicts and quandaries.
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Moral quandaries were also framed in terms of their social ramifications.
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The introduction and application of new technologies in clinical practice is sometimes associated with explicit moral quandaries.
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As the work of the convention proceeded, the delegates were still in aquandaryabout a suitable method for electing a president.
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This leaves behavioural physiologists in something of aquandary.
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In short all this leads to aquandary.
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One approach to resolving thisquandaryis to be found in wider acceptance of the doctrine of medical futility.
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Although end-of-life decisionmaking and other areas ofquandaryethics are important topics, values - including ethical values - inform every aspect of day-to-day medical practice.
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It is for this reason that war, or other forms of political violence, may occur at the onset of aquandary.
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It is reasonable to call such a situation aquandary.
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