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单词 conundrum
释义
conundrum
(kənʌndrəm )
Word forms: conundrums
countable noun
A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve. [formal]
...this theological conundrum of the existence of evil and suffering in a world created by a good God. [+ of]
Synonyms: puzzle, problem, riddle, enigma  
Collocations:
ethical conundrum
We are simply turning a blind eye and replacing one ethical conundrum with another.
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By the time they are grown up the ethical conundrum of meat may have been solved.
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Giving birth to your own grandchild sounds like the sort of ethical conundrum we shouldn't need to worry about until we invent time travel.
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Quite apart from the technical hurdles, which are legion, there are ethical conundrums too.
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There are tricky ethical conundrums involved in banks compiling ostensibly objective market benchmarks.
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moral conundrum
Might his unprecedented money-making raise something of a moral conundrum?
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I definitely wanted to involve moral conundrums.
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Courtroom dramas always grip audiences because they get to the heart of the great moral conundrums over guilt and innocence.
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Written with authority and insight, this book delivers a top domestic noir and creates two brilliantly intricate characters and a host of fascinating moral conundrums.
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Commenting on contemporary moral conundrums she applies natural law thinking to questions about the family, life and death, and the limits of legal regulation.
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philosophical conundrum
As she continued, it was like a great scholar grappling with a major philosophical conundrum.
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The philosophical conundrum put my brain in a spin.
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Let us simply remember the ancient philosophical conundrum: if a celebrity falls over in a forest and no one photographs it, did it happen?
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Time to re-evaluate, perhaps, the old philosophical conundrum.
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Well, it's an interesting philosophical conundrum, isn't it?
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present a conundrum
The conditions may present a conundrum for both captains.
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Whiplash presents the conundrum in its strictest term.
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He said that the schemes presented a conundrum for central government.
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His game presents a conundrum for an opposing captain.
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Analysis of the soil around the pits proved the theory, but also presented a conundrum, as they were bigger than anything thought possible for the 8th century.
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solve a conundrum
Will a last-minute return, clinging to pullulating bags of time in a shopping trolley, solve the conundrum?
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Someone somewhere must also solve the conundrum of what to do if you don't have a garage.
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Attending virtual events and building your network online are ways to use technology to solve this conundrum.
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If he cannot solve this conundrum, he may judge that the investment bank would be better cut adrift.
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Together they wanted to solve the conundrum of how young players combine the substantial demands of tennis with education and decided to put everything on one campus.
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Translations:
Chinese: 难题
Japanese: 難問
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