Dilemma

(noun.) state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.

整理:罗伯塔

• Fred felt himself to be in a disgusting dilemma. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• One morning, coming on me abruptly, and with the semblance of hurryshe said she found herself placed in a little dilemma. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was just like Ellen, Mrs. Welland's tired voice implied, to place the family in such a dilemma. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Advantage was taken of this dilemma by Mr Venus, to pass a scrap of paper into Mr Boffin's hand, and lay his finger on his own lip. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• If we choose the first part of the dilemma, these are the consequences. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He tells an amusing story of one dilemma into which his good-nature led him at this period: At Menlo Park one day, a farmer came in and asked if I knew any way to kill potato-bugs. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• No doubt a sense of this dilemma is partly responsible for Wilson's earnest plea that the question of liquor be left out of the campaign. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Mr. Bry, a short pale man, with a business face and leisure clothes, met the dilemma hilariously. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The dilemma makes no provision for coming to know, for learning; it assumes either complete knowledge or complete ignorance. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• You see my dilemma. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Bear in mind that interest means the active or moving identity of the self with a certain object, and the whole alleged dilemma falls to the ground. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He fought the dilemma long, but yielded at last. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• When Fort Sumter was fired upon, Uncle Sam turned to the Remington plant, among others, for help out of his dilemma of unpreparedness. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In this dilemma Mr. Pickwick bethought himself of his new friend, Mr. Perker. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• This question is very difficult, and reduces us to a very dangerous dilemma, whichever way we answer it. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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