dilemma

US [daɪˈlemə]
UK [dɪ'lemə]
  • n.（进退两难的）窘境
  • Web困境；左右为难；进退两难的局面
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dilemma
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1.
（进退两难的）窘境，困境a situation which makes problems, often one in which you have to make a very difficult choice between things of equal importance
to face a dilemma
面临左右为难的困境
to be in a dilemma
处于进退两难的境地

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AllAll,窘境窘境,困境困境,左右为难左右为难,进退两难的局面进退两难的局面
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1.
Poverty is often perceived as a dilemma of the developing world, Yunus said, but the problem is alive and well in North America.
贫穷经常被认为是发展中国家的难题，尤努斯说，但是这个问题在北美也同样存在。
pín qióng jīng cháng bèi rèn wéi shì fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā de nán tí , yóu nǔ sī shuō , dàn shì zhè ge wèn tí zài běi měi yě tóng yàng cún zài 。
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2.
"It has been the best few days of my life, " said one fan, who was faced with a potential dilemma with his wife set to give birth this week.
“这几天的经历在我的生命中无可取代，”一位妻子马上就要生产的球迷如是告诉我们，我们可以想象他的内心是多么的纠结。
" zhè jǐ tiān de jīng lì zài wǒ de shēng mìng zhōng wú kě qǔ dài , " yī wèi qī zi mǎ shàng jiù yào shēng chǎn de qiú mí rú shì gào su wǒ men , wǒ men kě yǐ xiǎng xiàng tā de nèi xīn shì duō me de jiū jié 。
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3.
One of my friends once told me that we would encounter a dilemma or somehow it was a lowest point of one's life after our graduation.
曾有位朋友告诉我，毕业后的一段日子会陷入困境或者说是人生的低谷。
céng yǒu wèi péng yǒu gào su wǒ , bì yè hòu de yí duàn rì zǐ huì xiàn rù kùn jìng huò zhě shuō shì rén shēng de dī gǔ 。
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4.
Cameron: HIV detection problem has always been a dilemma, it may give people the results are positive about the social discrimination.
卡梅隆：HIV检测一直是两难的问题，它可能给结果是阳性的人带来社会歧视。
kǎ méi lóng : HIV jiǎn cè yì zhí shì liǎng nán de wèn tí , tā kě néng gěi jié guǒ shì yáng xìng de rén dài lái shè huì qí shì 。
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5.
It's understandable that She veered from her former intention, considering her dilemma.
考虑到她的困境，她改变初衷是可以理解的。
kǎo lǜ dào tā de kùn jìng , tā gǎi biàn chū zhōng shì kě yǐ lǐ jiě de 。
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Whenever you are trying your first cigarette, or whenever you are asked to take sides in an argument, you are always in a sense of dilemma.
当想学着抽第一支烟的时候，当不得不在一个争论里支持一方的时候，你总感到为难。
dāng xiǎng xué zhe chōu dì yī zhī yān de shí hou , dāng bù dé bù zài yī gè zhēng lùn lǐ zhī chí yī fāng de shí hou , nǐ zǒng gǎn dào wéi nán 。
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7.
Our dilemma was that we were constrained by domestic pressures from choosing either of the two options that made strategic sense.
难办的是，囿于国内压力，我们无法在两个具有战略意义的方案中作出选择。
nán bàn de shì , yòu yú guó nèi yā lì , wǒ men wú fǎ zài liǎng gè jù yǒu zhàn lüè yì yì de fāng àn zhōng zuò chū xuǎn zé 。
8.
To understand why Greece faces this dilemma, we need to understand how it managed to get itself into such a terrible mess.
要理解希腊为何如此进退两难，我们就需要了解它是怎样陷入这样糟糕的境地的。
yào lǐ jiě xī là wèi hé rú cǐ jìn tuì liǎng nán , wǒ men jiù xū yào liǎo jiě tā shì zěn yàng xiàn rù zhè yàng zāo gāo de jìng dì de 。
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Rabbi Dennis Shuman of the P'nai Or Jewish congregation said the planned event posed a dilemma to religious communities around the world.
犹太教会的拉比丹尼斯.舒曼教士说，烧《可兰经》计划让全球宗教界为难。
yóu tài jiào huì de lā bǐ dān ní sī . shū màn jiào shì shuō , shāo 《 kě lán jīng 》 jì huà ràng quán qiú zōng jiào jiè wéi nán 。
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10.
Since the spring, alas, with shevchenko did not like the dilemma, and Lin, our deficiencies in deep sorrow is tired sigh and stillness.
呜呼，春秋以来，用舍进退未有如蠡之全者，而不足于此，吾以是累叹而深悲焉。
wū hū , chūn qiū yǐ lái , yòng shě jìn tuì wèi yǒu rú lí zhī quán zhě , ér bù zú yú cǐ , wú yǐ shì lèi tàn ér shēn bēi yān 。
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