گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'dilemma'

1 عمومی:: معمای‌ غیر قابل‌ حل‌

2 عمومی:: وضع‌ دشوار

3 عمومی:: مسئله‌ غامض‌

4 عمومی:: محظوریت

5 سیاسی و روابط بین الملل:: معضل

6 علوم اجتماعی و جامعه شناسی:: معضل

1 general::   noun ADJ. acute, appalling, big, difficult, genuine, great, impossible, real, serious, terrible, thorny | central, essential, fundamental The fundamental dilemma remains: in a tolerant society, should we tolerate intolerance? | familiar, perennial | human | personal | ethical, moral | policy, political VERB + DILEMMA create, pose This poses a difficult dilemma for teachers. | be caught in, be faced with, confront, face, have They were caught in a real dilemma. | resolve, solve I could see no way of resolving this moral dilemma. DILEMMA + VERB arise, occur, present itself the dilemma that arises when a doctor has to decide whether or not to prescribe an expensive treatment | lie The dilemma over human cloning lies at the heart of the ethical choices facing society. | confront sb, face sb The dilemma facing the country's allies was even more serious. | remain PREP. in a/the ~ The minister is now in an impossible dilemma. | ~ about/over She faced a dilemma about whether to accept the offer or not. | ~ between the perennial dilemma between getting on at work and fulfilling family commitments PHRASES a solution to a dilemma, a way out of a dilemma I couldn't see any way out of the dilemma.

2 general:: see HORNS OF A DILEMMA.

3 general:: dilemma verbs be in a dilemma • After years of recession, the company was in a dilemma over its future. face a dilemma/be faced with a dilemma • Women may still be faced with the dilemma of choosing between jobs and families. pose/create a dilemma • The difficult economic situation poses a dilemma for investors. put/place somebody in a dilemma • His divided loyalties placed him in a dilemma. resolve/solve a dilemma • People often need help with resolving their dilemmas. explain your dilemma (= talk about it ) • He explained his dilemma to me. adjectives a difficult/serious dilemma • He was in a serious dilemma because neither option seemed very desirable. a terrible dilemma • She was in a terrible dilemma because she loved both men. a moral/ethical/political etc dilemma • Doctors face a moral dilemma over how long to prolong someone's life. a personal dilemma • The men who were on strike faced a personal dilemma over whether to return to work. a painful dilemma (= a very difficult one ) • She faced the painful dilemma of having to decide whether to tell the police about her son's crimes. a common/familiar dilemma (= one that a lot of people have ) • Deciding whether to put an elderly parent in a nursing home is a common dilemma. the central dilemma (= the main one ) • The Prime Minister's central dilemma was whether war was justified. phrases a way out of a dilemma (= a way to solve it ) • There seemed to be no way out of the dilemma. a solution to a dilemma (= a way to solve it ) • One possible solution to the dilemma may be to divide the money equally betweeen the brothers.