face a stymy
指遭遇令人受挫、难以推进的局面。
The committee faced a stymy when neither side would compromise.
双方都不肯妥协，委员会陷入了困境。
高尔夫球中对手球挡住击球线路的处境；高尔夫球中对方球阻挡你击球路线的局面；阻碍和令人沮丧的情况；(喻)困难的境地
a difficult situation that blocks or frustrates progress
高尔夫球中对方球阻挡你击球路线的局面
a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
阻碍和令人沮丧的情况
a thwarting and distressing situation
The lack of funding was a stymy for the entire project.
资金短缺是整个项目的一个障碍。
用法提示：此处 stymy 是名词，作表语，表示“障碍、困境”。
Many small businesses found themselves in a stymy when the new regulations took effect.
新法规生效时，许多小企业发现自己陷入了困境。
用法提示：此处 stymy 是名词，位于介词 in 后，表示“困境”。
The sudden change of plans created a stymy that no one had anticipated.
计划的突然变化造成了没有人预料到的困境。
用法提示：此处 stymy 是名词，作动词 created 的宾语，表示“困境”。
指遭遇令人受挫、难以推进的局面。
The committee faced a stymy when neither side would compromise.
双方都不肯妥协，委员会陷入了困境。
常用于描述因难以抉择而停滞不前的状态。
The team was in a stymy over which candidate to hire.
团队为该聘用哪位候选人而陷入困境。
高尔夫用语，指对手的球挡住了自己通向球洞的线路。
His opponent's ball landed on his line, leaving him with a stymy.
对手的球落在他的击球线上，使他陷入球挡线的困境。
grammar · medium
易错句子After the budget was cut, the project was in stymy for months.
正确表达After the budget was cut, the project was in a stymy for months.
stymy 是可数名词，单数形式前需要冠词；表示“处于某种困境”时用 in a stymy，不能像不可数名词那样直接说 in stymy。
grammar · medium
易错句子The negotiations ran into several stymys.
正确表达The negotiations ran into several stymies.
以辅音字母加 y 结尾的可数名词变复数时，要把 y 变成 i 再加 -es，所以 stymy 的复数是 stymies，不是 stymys。
dilemma 强调必须在两个都不理想的选择之间做决定，重点在取舍；stymy 指前进被挡住、处处受挫的局面，并不涉及在两个选项间选择。
predicament 指人置身其中的棘手处境，常带窘迫、尴尬的意味；stymy 侧重被阻挡、无法推进，高尔夫中还特指对手球挡住击球线路。
hindrance 多指具体起阻挡作用的人或事物，可数，常与 to 连用；stymy 指被挡住而受挫的状态本身，不指某个具体的阻挡者。
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