dilemma

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noun

Plural noun:

dilemmasdilemmata

1.
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
2.
Any difficult circumstance or problem.
Đồng nghĩa: bind, fix, pickle, problem, quandary, ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cauldron, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, doghouse, fix, hole, jam, kettle, kettle of fish, ordeal, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, quandary, quagmire, situation, spot, spot of bother, sticky situation, sticky wicket, tight spot, trouble
3.
(logic) A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
4.
(rhetoric)Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.

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Đồng nghĩa

bind fix pickle problem quandaryass in a slingbucket of syrupcalvarycauldroncrosscross to beardifficultydire straitsdoghousehole jam kettlekettle of fishordealpinch

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Nguồn gốc từ

dwóh₁ First attested 1523, from dilemma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (ambiguous proposition), from δι- (having two of) + λῆμμα (premise, proposition), equivalent to di- + lemma.