quandary

• n.混乱；ジレンマ；ジレンマ

ラテン語のquando（いつ、何時、どの日）から、qui（誰が、どのように、あれ）から、PIE*kwo（疑問代名詞の語幹）から、語源的には質、量、誰が、どのようにと同じ。-and、現在分詞。

quandary

quandary: [16] Quandary may have originated as a quasi-latinism. One of its early forms was quandare, which suggests that it may have been a pseudo-Latin infinitive verb, coined on the fanciful notion that Latin quandō ‘when’ was a first person present singular form.

quandary (n.)

"state of perplexity," 1570s, of unknown origin, perhaps a quasi-Latinism based on Latin quando "when? at what time?; at the time that, inasmuch," pronominal adverb of time, related to qui "who" (see who). Originally accented on the second syllable.

1. George was in a quandary -should he go or shouldn 't he？

ジョージはためらっています-彼は行くべきか、行くべきではないか？

2.I was in a quandary about whether to go.

行くかどうか迷っていました。

3.I was put in a great quandary .

私はジレンマに陥った。

4.Carrie hung in a quandary ，balancing between decision and helplessness.

キャリーは右往左往している.決心しようとしたが、何の役にも立たなかった。

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

事実上、彼女はジレンマに陥っている。