1. 词释:Quandary是一个名词,表示一个人面临两难抉择或困难选择时的状态。这个词也可以用来形容一个人在决策中感到犹豫不决或迷茫不定。
2. 词源解析:Quandary来自于古老的词语"quand",意为"何时"或"什么时候"。这个词被引申为"一个人在面对两难选择时的状态",因为不知道应该在何时做出决策而感到困惑。
3. 用法提示:Quandary是一个正式词语,多用于书面语和较正式的语境中。常见的动词搭配有be in a quandary,意为"处于困境中",或fall into a quandary,意为"陷入困境"。
4. 相关词汇:若要更准确地表达一种犹豫不决或进退两难的状态,可以使用相关词汇,例如dilemma、predicament、quagmire、conundrum等。
5. 实用例句:
- She was in a quandary about whether to take the job offer or stay at her current job. (她对于接受工作邀请还是留在现在的工作中感到困惑。)
- The manager fell into a quandary when she found out she had to lay off half the staff due to budget cuts. (经理在得知由于预算调整需要裁员时感到进退两难。)
- The team was in a quandary about how to proceed with the project after the main investor pulled out. (在主投资者退出后,团队对于如何继续推进项目感到犹豫不决。)
- He fell into a quandary when he realized he had lost his passport and had to catch his flight in three hours. (他发现自己的护照不见了,而三小时后就要乘坐飞机,陷入了进退两难的境地。)
- The company was in a quandary about whether to invest in a new product line or expand their current product offerings. (公司对于是投资新的产品线还是扩大现有产品的供给感到十分困惑。)
quandary的中文翻译:困境,进退两难
读音:[ˈkwɒndəri]
例句:
1. I'm in a quandary about which job offer to accept.
我在为接受哪个工作的提议而处于困境之中。
2. The company is in a quandary over how to deal with the budget deficit.
该公司面临着如何处理预算赤字的进退两难局面。
quandary的中文解释是"困窘、左右为难",其次还有"困境"的意思,发音是['kwɒndәri],quandary来源于英语,在《英汉新词词典》中,共找到64个与quandary相关的句子。
Quandary的释义
1.困窘
例句:Mr Obama's quandary is obvious: in grappling with that second point, he would fall out with the Democratic base. (的进退两难是显而易见的:要解决上述第二个问题,他将失去大部分党人的支持。)
2.左右为难
例句:Meanwhile, Beatrice visited her Upper West Side mystic in an attempt to find similar answers to her quandary. (同时参观了比阿特丽斯 上西城的算命先生 并试图找到 解答他们关心的问题)
3.困境
例句:So to solve this quandary of the two force peaks: what I think was going on is: that first impact is actually the limb hitting the load cell, and the second impact is actually the collapse of the cavitation bubble. (好的,让我来解决存在两个力峰的困惑。我那时要考虑的,是第一个影响是确实存在的。当肢体撞击测压元件 ,这第二个影响是确定的 即气旋泡的破裂。)
4.困惑、困境
例句:That leaves us in a bit of a quandary. (翻译:那让我们感到一丝的为难。)
用法及短语
quandary一般作为名词使用,如在in a quandary(疑虑,困惑,茫然不解)等常见短语中出现较多。
in a quandary | 疑虑,困惑,茫然不解 |
例句
1. So to solve this quandary of the two force peaks: what I think was going on is: that first impact is actually the limb hitting the load cell, and the second impact is actually the collapse of the cavitation bubble. (翻译:好的,让我来解决存在两个力峰的困惑。我那时要考虑的,是第一个影响是确实存在的。当肢体撞击测压元件 ,这第二个影响是确定的 即气旋泡的破裂。)
2. That leaves us in a bit of a quandary. (翻译:那让我们感到一丝的为难。)
3. Meanwhile, credit-market turmoil creates a quandary for the Bank of Japan (BoJ). (翻译:与此同时,信贷市场的动荡为日本央行制造了一个进退两难的境地。)
4. It occurred to me that in the midst of this quandary my own primal question had finally been answered. (翻译:在这样的窘境中,我忽然想到当初那个问题的答案。)
5. The arrival of the diamond shark left the Sea Fox Khans in a quandary. (翻译:钻石鲨的到来令海狐可汗陷入来进退两难的境地。)
6. The government appears to be in a quandary about what to do with so many people. (翻译:该对如何安置这么多人显得不知所措。)
7. "[The] quandary lies in Afghanistan and, therefore, the solution has to be found in Afghanistan itself, " said Syed Athar Ali. (翻译:巴基斯坦长阿里在亚洲安全高峰会上表示,有一种误解认为巴基斯坦是该地区极端主义的策源地。)
8. So to solve this quandary of the two force peaks: what I think was going on is: that first impact is actually the limb hitting the load cell, and the second impact is actually the collapse of the cavitation bubble. (翻译:好的,让我来解决存在两个力峰的困惑。我那时要考虑的,是第一个影响是确实存在的。当肢体撞击测压元件 ,这第二个影响是确定的 即气旋泡的破裂。)
9. So far, the Bocog hasn't weighed in on the matter, putting advertisers in a quandary as they put finishing touches on their Olympics plans. (翻译:由于北京奥组委一直未出面澄清此事,这令希望敲定奥运宣传计划的广告客户们陷入了进退两难的境地。)
10. But studies have produced mixed results, leaving women and doctors in a bit of a quandary. (翻译:但是,研究结果的多样性,往往让医生和女性陷入困惑。)
近义词&反义词
quandary作为名词的时候,其近义词以及反义词有s、quandaries等。
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