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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4551 COCA: 4118
dilemma
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noun [C] /dɪˈlemə/ /daɪˈlemə/
singulardilemma
pluraldilemmas
  1. a situation in which you have to make a difficult decision （必须作出困难决定的）窘境，困境

    moral/ethical/political dilemmas 道德/伦理/政治困境

    in a dilemma (over something) :

    I'm in a dilemma over whether to tell him or not. 我进退两难，不知道是否该告诉他。

    face a dilemma :

    We now face an embarrassing dilemma: Should we stay or go? 我们现在面临着一个进退两难的窘境：我们该留下来还是离开呢？

     Synonyms and related words
    Difficult situations and experiences: crisis, battle, nightmare...
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4551 COCA: 4118
dilemma

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DILEMMA | DILEMMA + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤acute, appalling, big, difficult, genuine, great, impossible, real, serious, terrible, thorny (especially NAmE) 嚴重的困境；巨大的窘境；棘手的困境；真正的兩難局面▸➤central, essential, fundamental核心的取捨困難；根本的兩難境地◇The fundamental dilemma remains: in a tolerant society, should we tolerate intolerance?基本的矛盾仍未消除：在寬容的社會裏，我們應不應該容忍狹隘 ?➤common, familiar常見的／熟悉的兩難困境▸➤interesting有趣的兩難局面▸➤human人類的兩難困境▸➤personal個人的左右為難▸➤ethical, moral倫理上難以取捨；道德上左右為難▸➤social社會的窘境▸➤policy, political政策上的兩難困境；政治上的窘境VERB + DILEMMA➤create, pose, present sb with造成兩難困境；引起左右為難；置某人於兩難困境◇This poses a difficult dilemma for teachers.這種情況讓老師很為難。➤be caught in, be faced with, confront, face, find yourself in, have陷入進退兩難的局面；面臨左右為難的窘境；發現自己左右為難；難以取捨◇They were caught in a real dilemma.他們陷入了進退兩難的境地。➤resolve, solve解決兩難的問題◇I could see no way of resolving this moral dilemma.我想不出解決這種道德上的兩難問題的辦法。DILEMMA + VERB➤arise, occur兩難局面產生◇the dilemma that arises when a doctor has to decide whether or not to prescribe an expensive treatment醫生必須決定是否開昂貴處方的兩難處境➤lie取捨困難存在◇The dilemma over human cloning lies at the heart of the ethical choices facing society.人類克隆的兩難處境本質上是社會面臨的倫理選擇問題。➤confront sb, face sb取捨問題擺在某人面前◇The dilemma facing the country's allies was even more serious.這個國家的盟國面臨的兩難困境更加嚴峻。PREPOSITION➤in a/the dilemma處在兩難困境中◇The president is now in a dilemma.總統現在陷入兩難境地。➤dilemma about, dilemma over在⋯上的左右為難◇She faced a dilemma about whether to accept the offer or not.她左右為難，不知道該不該接受這一提議。➤dilemma between在⋯之間的難以取捨◇the perennial dilemma between work and family commitments事業成功與履行家庭義務之間長期存在的矛盾PHRASES➤a solution to a dilemma, a way out of a dilemma矛盾的解決方案；擺脫兩難困境的方法◇I couldn't see any way out of the dilemma.我看不到有任何擺脫這個兩難局面的辦法。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4551 COCA: 4118
dilemma noun
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