进退两难

These dilemmas would tax the best of statesmen.

这些进退两难的局面对一流的政治家也是个考验。

At the moment of indecision, we helped them make up their minds.

正在进退两难的当口, 我们帮他们下了决心.

He bore his parents no grudge in this hour of distress.

在这种进退两难的时刻,他对自己的父母也毫无怨言.

The company is caught in a double bind. If it doesn't modernize it won't make money, but if it does modernize they'll have to make people redundant because they won't need them any more.

这家公司进退两难. 不实行现代化就无法盈利, 要实行现代化就会有冗员,因为公司将不再需要他们.

The doctor's dilemma was whether he should tell the patient the truth.

医生进退两难的是该不该把真情告诉患者.

The enemy troop couldn't make any advance , and neither could they retreat.

敌军进退两难.

I must move to a larger house or spend money extending this one; either will be expensive, so I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea.

我得搬到大一些的房子去,或者我得花钱扩建这幢房子, 两者都很花钱, 因此我进退两难.

You place me in sth. of a dilemma.

你真叫我有点进退两难。

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

事实上, 她正陷入进退两难的困境.

I was put in a great quandary.

我陷于进退两难的窘境.

It was a tossup between spending the night in the van and walking ten miles for help.

在客货车里睡一晚还是走上十英里求援,当时实在是进退两难.

I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.

这件事使我进退两难.

We're in a fix if we don't keep an eye open.

如果我们不留点儿神,我们就会进退两难.

Ten years later we encountered the same dilemmas in Vietnam.

十年后,我们又在越南遇到了同样进退两难的局面.

Bless my heart ! We are in a fix.

天呀! 我们真是进退两难.