dilemma

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /daɪˈlɛmə/|/dɪˈlɛmə/    美 /daɪˈlɛmə/|/dɪˈlɛmə/|/dɑeˈlemə/|/dɪˈlemə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
    — A strong dilemma in a desperate case! / To act with infamy, or quit the place.
  2. Any difficult circumstance or problem.
  3. A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
  4. Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives. rhetoric

词形变化

dilemmas plural dilemmata plural

词汇关系

近义词
Catch-22 dilemma Hobson's choice Morton's fork no-win situation quandary Sophie's choice
上位词
difficult situation option
下位词
double bind
衍生词
agency dilemma centipede's dilemma dilemmalike dilemmanade dilemmatic dilemmaticity dilemmic Euthyphro dilemma false dilemma Faustian dilemma Goldman's dilemma gunfighter's dilemma Heinz dilemma innovator's dilemma on the horns of a dilemma table-maker's dilemma
相关词
lemma trilemma tetralemma pentalemma polylemma between a rock and a hard place between the devil and the deep blue sea between Scylla and Charybdis Buridan's ass catch-22 damned if one does and damned if one doesn't doomed if you do, doomed if you don't predicament conundrum have the wolf by the ear lose-lose spanner in a dilemma
并列词
trilemma tetralemma polylemma

词源

PIE word
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First attested 1523, from Late Latin dilemma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma, “ambiguous proposition”), from δι- (di-, “having two of”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, proposition”), equivalent to di- + lemma.
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