单词
quandary
英 ['kw?nd(?)r?]
美['kwɑnd?ri]
基本信息
- n. 困惑；窘境；为难
畅通词汇GREIELTS
词态变化
复数:?quandaries;
助记提示
quandary-------"困"--------窘境
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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？
来自《权威词典》
- 2. I was in a quandary about whether to go.
- 我当时正犹豫到底去不去.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. I was put in a great quandary.
- 我陷于进退两难的窘境.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 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.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
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