quandary是什么意思_quandary怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one;"finds himself in a most awkward predicament"
"the woeful plight of homeless people"

state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

中英词源

quandary 困境，进退两难

来自拉丁语quando,何时，什么时候，哪天，来自qui,谁，如何，该，来自PIE*kwo,疑问代词词干，词源同quality,quantity,who,how.引申词义没所握，困境，进退两难。-and,现在分词。WWw.WENtiYi.cOm

quandary: quandary: [16] Quandary may have originated as a quasi-latinism. One of its early forms was quandare, which suggests that it may have been a pseudo-Latin infinitive verb, coined on the fanciful notion that Latin quandō ‘when’ was a first person present singular form.
quandary (n.): "state of perplexity," 1570s, of unknown origin, perhaps a quasi-Latinism based on Latin quando "when? at what time?; at the time that, inasmuch," pronominal adverb of time, related to qui "who" (see who). Originally accented on the second syllable.

词态变化

复数 quandaries;

权威造句

1. George was in a quandary —should he go or shouldn"t he?: 乔治犹豫不定—他是该去呢，还是不该去？

2. I was in a quandary about whether to go.: 我当时正犹豫到底去不去.

3. I was put in a great quandary.: 我陷于进退两难的窘境.

4. Carrie hung in a quandary, balancing between decision and helplessness.: 嘉莉正左右为难.想下决心, 又觉得无助.

5. As a matter of fact, she was in a most hopeless quandary.: 事实上, 她正陷入进退两难的困境.

近反义词

in a quandary 左右为难

相似短语

be in a quandary v. 左右为难

in a quandary 疑虑,困惑,茫然不解

in a quandary about 对…左右为难

单词分析

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记忆方法

quandary-------"困"--------窘境

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