quandary
英['kw?nd(?)r?]
美['kwɑnd?ri]
- n. 困惑；窘境；為難
詞態變化
復數:?quandaries;
助記提示
quandary-------"困"--------窘境
中文詞源
quandary 困境，進退兩難
來自拉丁語quando,何時，什么時候，哪天，來自qui,誰，如何，該，來自PIE*kwo,疑問代詞詞干，詞源同quality,quantity,who,how.引申詞義沒所握，困境，進退兩難。-and,現在分詞。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. George was in a quandary —should he go or shouldn't he?
- 喬治猶豫不定—他是該去呢，還是不該去？
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. I was in a quandary about whether to go.
- 我當時正猶豫到底去不去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I was put in a great quandary.
- 我陷于進退兩難的窘境.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Carrie hung in a quandary, balancing between decision and helplessness.
- 嘉莉正左右為難.想下決心, 又覺得無助.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. As a matter of fact, she was in a most hopeless quandary.
- 事實上, 她正陷入進退兩難的困境.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹