Sophie's choice

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A choice where every alternative has significant negative consequences.
    — As things turned out, all the enemy missiles were destroyed in flight -- two were hit very early after launch by an airborne laser system -- and a Sophie's choice was averted."

词形变化

Sophie's choices plural

词源

From the title of the book Sophie's Choice (1979), by William Styron, in which a mother is forced to decide which of her children will die.
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