英 [dɪˈlemə] 美 [dɪˈlemə]
n. （进退两难的）窘境，困境；二难推理，两刀论法
复数dilemmas
dilemma /dɪˈlɛmə/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 A dilemma is a difficult situation in which you have to choose between two or more alternatives. 进退两难的局面
He was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to return to his country.
他面临着是否回国的艰难选择。
state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
同义词： quandary
困境-引用次数：557
Ignoring the reform of property right system places state-owned commercial banks in a dilemma.
忽视产权制度改革使得国有商业银行依然处于困境之中。
参考来源试论国有商业银行的产权制度改革
困境-引用次数：573
Part one:The dilemma that the traditional theory in.
第一部分:目前不作为犯罪义务来源理论的困境。
困惑-引用次数：8
参考来源转化犯基本问题研究（研究生论文）
两难-引用次数：92
In the novel, Fielding is Forster’s mouthpiece and also experiences a dilemma of the dislocation of identity.
小说中的菲尔丁作为福斯特的代言人，也反映了这种身份错位的两难处境。
参考来源身份的错位，帝国的挽歌
尴尬-引用次数：32
The dilemma in literary innovation was the reflection of complicated psychology of advanced intellects in the period of social transition.
他在文学革命中的尴尬,是社会转型时期一代进步知识分子复杂心理的反映。
参考来源政治与文学的双重无奈
二难-引用次数：10
Firstly, it will analyses three values embodied in his ehtical narration which are enlightenment ethics, freedom ethics and theological ethics, and then rethink, criticize and disintegrate revolutionary ethics, the people ethics and intrinsic ethical dilemma of life.
首先,阐释其伦理叙事中的三种伦理价值取向——启蒙伦理、自由伦理、神性伦理对“革命伦理”、“人民伦理”及生命固有的伦理二难的反思批判、解构解救。
围城-引用次数：2
The modern intellectuals’ dilemma mood breed contradictory narrative of family.
现代知识分子对家族的矛盾心态孳生了家族叙事批判与眷恋的背反书写,体现了叙述者的“围城”意识。
参考来源现代中国家族叙事文学研究
尴尬-引用次数：5
The dilemma in literary innovation was the reflection of complicated psychology of advanced intellects in the period of social transition.
他在文学革命中的尴尬,是社会转型时期一代进步知识分子复杂心理的反映。
参考来源政治与文学的双重无奈
二难推理
窘境
困境
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不过我没有踌躇过，左右为难(Dilemma)是预言家的大忌。
困境；进退两难；两刀论法
difficulty / corner / fix / predicament
I didn't have a ready answer for this dilemma.
我没有现成的答案来解决这个进退两难的问题。
She describes her own moral dilemma in making the film.
她描述了自己拍摄这部电影时面临的道德困境。
Here lies the American dilemma.
这就是美国的困境。
They had about two hundred college students play a version of the game known as the Prisoner's Dilemma.
VOA : special.2009.10.21
Now, in writing in these genres, Milton is, of course, confronted with a dilemma. He's a humanist scholar.
当然，弥尔顿用这种风格来写，就会面临一种窘境，他是一位人文主义学者。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Price competition two firms competing with one another in prices can have a Prisoners' Dilemma aspect about it.
价格竞争,两家互相打价格战的企业,可能会陷入囚徒困境
博弈论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
But that poses a dilemma for the world powers which are trying to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
VOA : standard.2009.10.16
This woman named Artemia was abandoned by her smuggler in the desert and now she faces a dilemma.
VOA : standard.2010.06.07
This week, with ethicist Randy Cohen, we'll hear from a listener with a similar dilemma.
Host Brazil is caught up in its own dilemma between accelerated growth and environmental preservation.
But this presents a dilemma, because we know emphatically that emotion activates the brain.
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