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quandary
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural quandaries
plural quandaries
Learner's definition of QUANDARY
[count] formal
: a situation in which you are confused about what to do困惑不定的处境；无所适从的窘境
- The unexpected results of the test have created a quandary for researchers.这个出乎意料的测试结果让研究者们无所适从。
- He was in a quandary [=unsure, confused] about which candidate to choose.他拿不定主意该选择哪位候选人。
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Williams's quandary is not unlike that faced by other urban executives who have had to wrestle with a deeply rooted power structure. The problem is especially acute for African American mayors. They are expected to serve as sentries, protecting their cities' black communities and staving off so-called white encroachment. 
Jonetta Rose Barras, Washington Post, 15 June 2003 For a sticky philosophical quandary, the questions are pretty simple: am I a clerk charged with selling college degrees or am I involved in a more meaningful experience? Part of me says that no argument is more worthy of my attention. Lynne Drury Lerych, Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2001 … the inevitable economic quandary that faces a people in the transition from slavery to freedom, and especially those who make that change amid hate and prejudice, lawlessness and ruthless competition. W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, 1903 The unexpected results of the test have created a quandary for researchers. I'm in a quandary about whether I should try to repair my stereo or buy a new one, even though I don't have the money to do either.
Jonetta Rose Barras, Washington Post, 15 June 2003 For a sticky philosophical quandary, the questions are pretty simple: am I a clerk charged with selling college degrees or am I involved in a more meaningful experience? Part of me says that no argument is more worthy of my attention. Lynne Drury Lerych, Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2001 … the inevitable economic quandary that faces a people in the transition from slavery to freedom, and especially those who make that change amid hate and prejudice, lawlessness and ruthless competition. W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, 1903 The unexpected results of the test have created a quandary for researchers. I'm in a quandary about whether I should try to repair my stereo or buy a new one, even though I don't have the money to do either. Recent Examples on the Web Bon Appétit Boca faced a similar quandary before the launch of its dine-out promotion, which ended July 31. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022 Patrick Agpaoa is faced with a similar quandary about to get his three kids to and from Anchorage schools every day. Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2022 As the counterattack picks up, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant poses a quandary. New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022 From the start, the presence of African asylum-seekers has posed a quandary for Israel, founded in the shadow of the Holocaust as a refuge for Jews fleeing persecution. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2022 If irrelevant content creates a Catch-22, keywords create a chicken-or-egg quandary. John Hall, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021 Theater owners face a similar cost-benefit quandary now. Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022 And it’s not just the United States that’s facing this quandary. Steven Dudash, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021 But the Celtics are facing a quandary because Stevens has no idea who to trust on the bench from one night to the next. Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2021 See More
Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022 Patrick Agpaoa is faced with a similar quandary about to get his three kids to and from Anchorage schools every day. Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2022 As the counterattack picks up, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant poses a quandary. New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022 From the start, the presence of African asylum-seekers has posed a quandary for Israel, founded in the shadow of the Holocaust as a refuge for Jews fleeing persecution. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2022 If irrelevant content creates a Catch-22, keywords create a chicken-or-egg quandary. John Hall, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021 Theater owners face a similar cost-benefit quandary now. Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022 And it’s not just the United States that’s facing this quandary. Steven Dudash, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021 But the Celtics are facing a quandary because Stevens has no idea who to trust on the bench from one night to the next. Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
origin unknown
First Known Use
1579, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of quandary was in 1579 Phrases Containing quandary
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