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noun
a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice
faces this dilemma: raise interest rates and slow the economy or lower them and risk serious inflation
a situation involving such a choicebroadly: predicament lords and bailiffs were in a terrible dilemma —G. M. Trevelyan
here am I brought to a very pretty dilemma; I must commit murder or commit matrimony—George Farquhar
a problem involving a difficult choice
the dilemma of "liberty versus order"—J. M. Burns
a difficult or persistent problem
unemployment … the great central dilemma of our advancing technology—August Heckscher
an argument presenting two or more equally conclusive alternatives against an opponent
Late Latin, from Late Greek dilēmmat-, dilēmma, probably back-formation from Greek dilēmmatos involving two assumptions, from di- + lēmmat-, lēmma assumption — more at lemma
The first known use of dilemma was in 1523
dillydallyverb
to waste time : dawdle
dillnoun
an herb related to the carrot and having aromatic foliage and seeds used especially in flavoring pickles
diligentadjective
showing steady and earnest care and effort : painstaking a diligent worker
a diligent search
diligentadjective
showing steady and earnest care and effort : painstaking a diligent worker
a diligent search
diligencenoun
careful and continued work : industry
dilettantenoun
an admirer or lover of the arts
a person who has a shallow interest in an art or area of knowledge
dilettantenoun
an admirer or lover of the arts
a person who has a shallow interest in an art or area of knowledge
dilettantenoun
an admirer or lover of the arts
a person who has a shallow interest in an art or area of knowledge
dilettantenoun
an admirer or lover of the arts
a person who has a shallow interest in an art or area of knowledge
dilemmanoun
a situation in which one has to choose between two or more things, ways, or plans that are equally unsatisfactory : a difficult choice
1 As they all have experience, but they still get in dilemmatic plight...
虽然他们都很有经验,但还是陷入了左右为难的困境。
2 It is exactly that agile production Oriented mass customization is the effective method to solve this dilemmatic problem.
面向大规模定制的敏捷生产正是解决这个两难问题的有效方法。
3 The country's decision to go to war has caused a major dilemma for its allies.
4 We're facing a terrible dilemma.
5 I don't know what to do; it's a real dilemma.
6 When it comes to the boss, there is a real dilemma. You're caught between a career-limiting rejection of virtual friendship or a career-limiting access to photos of yourself glassy-eyed at a party.
7 What's a pampered 20-something to do when her rich fiancé goes on a business trip and comes back married to someone else? That's the dilemma facing Elle Medina in Nichols's delightfully silly, vivacious debut.
8 Both authors are prepared to dwell as long on the savor of a ripe melon as on the significance of a moral dilemma.
9 The numbers are staged in a manner that’s more or less independent from the fictional dilemmas giving rise to them.
10 The frame never shies away from physical intimacy, but its most emotionally intimate moments seem to occur between cuts, and between scenes, as the movie skips forward to dilemmas dictated by the plot — Can the two women escape together?