dilemma

• n.ジレンマ; ジレンマ; 二律背反

di-、2つ。-lemma、取る、背負う、語源的にはlemma、てんかんと同じ。つまり、両側から考える、派生的にはdilemma、ジレンマ。

dilemma

dilemma: [16] Dilemma was originally a technical term in rhetoric, denoting a form of argument in which one’s opponent is faced with a choice of two unfavourable alternatives. It comes via Latin dilemma from Greek dilēmma, a compound formed from di- ‘two’ and lēmma ‘proposition, premise’. (Lēmma itself, which English acquired in the 16th century, came ultimately from *lab-, the base of Greek lambánein ‘talk’.) The ‘looser’ general sense ‘choice between unpleasant alternatives’ developed in the late 16th century.

dilemma (n.)

1520s, from Late Latin dilemma, from Greek dilemma "double proposition," a technical term in rhetoric, from di- "two" + lemma "premise, anything received or taken," from root of lambanein "to take" (see analemma). It should be used only of situations where someone is forced to choose between two alternatives, both unfavorable to him. But even logicians disagree on whether certain situations are dilemmas or mere syllogisms.

1. Public policy on the family presents liberals with a dilemma .

家庭に関する公共政策は自由主義者をジレンマに陥れた。

2.I didn 't have a ready answer for this dilemma .

このジレンマを解決するための既成の答えは思いつかなかった。

3.to face a dilemma

右往左往の苦境に直面

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

このことは私をジレンマさせた.

5.They try to find a way out of their dilemma .

彼らは苦境から抜け出そうとしている。