quandary

英['kwɒnd(ə)rɪ] 美['kwɑndəri]
  • n. 困惑;窘境;为难

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