• n. 困惑；窘境；為難

來自拉丁語quando,何時，什么時候，哪天，來自qui,誰，如何，該，來自PIE*kwo,疑問代詞詞干，詞源同quality,quantity,who,how.引申詞義沒所握，困境，進退兩難。-and,現在分詞。

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.

1. George was in a quandary —should he go or shouldn't he?

喬治猶豫不定—他是該去呢，還是不該去？

來自《權威詞典》

2. I was in a quandary about whether to go.

我當時正猶豫到底去不去.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. I was put in a great quandary.

我陷于進退兩難的窘境.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. Carrie hung in a quandary, balancing between decision and helplessness.

嘉莉正左右為難.想下決心, 又覺得無助.

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹

5. As a matter of fact, she was in a most hopeless quandary.

事實上, 她正陷入進退兩難的困境.

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹