quandary

英 ['kwɒnd(ə)rɪ] 美 ['kwɑndəri]

解释

※ 提供单词"quandary"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

quandary 困境，进退两难

来自拉丁语quando,何时，什么时候，哪天，来自qui,谁，如何，该，来自PIE*kwo,疑问代词词干，词源同quality,quantity,who,how.引申词义没所握，困境，进退两难。-and,现在分词。

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.

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1. George was in a quandary —should he go or shouldn't he?: 乔治犹豫不定—他是该去呢，还是不该去？

4. Carrie hung in a quandary, balancing between decision and helplessness.: 嘉莉正左右为难.想下决心, 又觉得无助.

5. As a matter of fact, she was in a most hopeless quandary.: 事实上, 她正陷入进退两难的困境.