a conundrum
作主语或宾语,表示一个具体的难题。
The budget deficit is a real conundrum for the government.
预算赤字对政府来说是一个真正的难题。
难题
conundra — plural of conundrum
难题或谜语,尤其是答案中使用双关语的;一个难题;必须做出的困难选择或决定;谜语
conundrum
难题或谜语,尤其是答案中使用双关语的
A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
一个难题
a difficult problem
必须做出的困难选择或决定
A difficult choice or decision that must be made.
The team faced a conundrum: how to cut costs without losing quality.
团队面临一个难题:如何在不降低质量的情况下削减成本。
用法提示:conundrum 作名词,意为“难题”,指难以解决的困难问题。
Choosing between the two job offers was a real conundrum for Maria.
在两个工作机会之间做选择对玛丽亚来说确实是个难题。
用法提示:conundrum 为可数名词,表示“难题”,此处说明选择困难。
Scientists are still trying to solve the conundrum of dark matter.
科学家们仍在努力解开暗物质这个难题。
用法提示:conundrum 作名词,指“难题”,与 solve 搭配表示解决难题。
作主语或宾语,表示一个具体的难题。
The budget deficit is a real conundrum for the government.
预算赤字对政府来说是一个真正的难题。
后接名词或动名词,说明难题的具体内容。
We are faced with the conundrum of how to reduce costs without losing quality.
我们面临如何在降低成本的同时不损失质量的难题。
常与pose, present等动词搭配,表示制造或提出难题。
This new technology poses a conundrum for regulators.
这项新技术给监管机构带来了一个难题。
puzzle 常指需要动脑筋的谜题或游戏;conundrum 更侧重现实中的棘手问题,不强调娱乐性。
enigma 强调事物本身神秘、难以理解,未必需要实际解决;用它指必须处理的难题时语气较抽象。
riddle 偏指有答案可猜的谜题或带双关的问题;conundrum 用作“难题”时答案不一定明确。
predicament 强调处境不愉快、难以摆脱;若问题不是处境而是纯逻辑或事务上的难点,则不如 conundrum 合适。
grammar · medium
易错句子This math problem is very conundrum.
正确表达This math problem is a conundrum.
Conundrum是名词,不能用作形容词。应改为名词形式或使用形容词如puzzling。
grammar · medium
易错句子I'm in a conundrum about which job to take.
正确表达I'm in a dilemma about which job to take.
Conundrum指谜题或难题,而dilemma指两难选择。表达两难选择时应用dilemma。
与 conundrum 的「难题」义相对,指解决难题的办法;与谜语义不直接相对。
与 conundrum 的「谜语/问题」义相对,指问题的答案;不用于「困难选择」义。
conundrum指智力难题或谜语;dilemma指必须从两个不利选项中做出选择的困境。
conundrum强调复杂难解的智力问题;puzzle则泛指任何需要思考解决的谜。
带来难题
The new evidence poses a conundrum for the research team.
新证据给研究团队带来了一个难题。
面临难题
We face a conundrum: we need more staff but cannot afford to hire anyone.
我们面临一个难题:我们需要更多员工,却雇不起任何人。
解决难题
Scientists are still trying to solve the conundrum of how the universe began.
科学家仍在试图解决宇宙起源这一难题。
道德难题
The doctor faced a moral conundrum: save the mother or the unborn child.
医生面临一个道德难题:救母亲还是救胎儿。
……的难题
The conundrum of how to cut emissions without hurting the economy remains unresolved.
如何在减排的同时不损害经济,这一难题仍未解决。
与conundrum同属需要思考才能解答的问题类型。
强调以文字游戏或暗示构成的问题,conundrum原义也包括此类谜语。
指令人困惑、难以理解的事物,与conundrum同属难以弄懂的问题。
强调无法解释或未获答案的事物,常与难题语境相伴。
一种看似矛盾却可能成立的论述,常作为思辨难题与conundrum同现。
先有鸡还是先有蛋的难题;因果难定的困境
Building a new social network is a chicken-and-egg conundrum: nobody wants to join an empty platform, but the platform needs users to attract more users.
建立一个新社交网络是一个先有鸡还是先有蛋的难题:没人想加入一个空平台,但平台需要用户才能吸引更多用户。
谜中之谜;极其费解的难题
How the company survived the crisis is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma.
这家公司究竟如何渡过危机,是一个谜中之谜。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.