quandary / ˈkwɒn də ri, -dri /

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quandary 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural quan·da·ries.

  1. a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.

quandary 近义词

n. 名词 noun

delicate situation

更多quandary例句

  1. Washington faces a similar quandary in Year 2 of its rebuild under Rivera.
  2. Character, the UC Berkeley graduate, faced a similar quandary when Amazon offered her a job even before she had graduated from college.
  3. True authenticity, however, requires showing the bad along with the good, and that presents a quandary.
  4. Maybe put into perspective the way you’re looking at that sort of quandary.
  5. With sympathies divided, the player is faced with a series of devastating moral quandaries.
  6. The quandary of whether to freeze eggs or not could become irrelevant overnight.
  7. A teary Osbourne said she now thought "WWJD—what would Joan do" when faced with a quandary.
  8. James Gunn, the director Marvel handpicked to helm the sci-fi opera Guardians of the Galaxy, was facing a similar quandary.
  9. People of privilege making an effort to be better people face a difficult quandary.
  10. As I noted in November, this legislation presented a quandary for Christie.
  11. In his quandary, he heard a step without and looking up saw Pete in the open door.
  12. Here again he was in a quandary, for except for a word or two of ordinary use he could understand no Zulu.
  13. "I was attacked about four miles up the road by a tremendous sixty-pound Quandary, and I was nearly killed," said the major.
  14. What put Matt in a quandary, however, was the fact that he could not reconcile his present surroundings with the Crescent.
  15. He did not mean to find himself in a quandary when they were ready to turn back again, and not be able to say where the camp lay.