| 单词 | to make a sophie's choice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a Sophie's choice A situation in which a person is forced to make a difficult choice between two (or more) valued or deserving alternatives; a dilemma which cannot be resolved without making an undesirable sacrifice. to make a Sophie's choice: to choose between such options.From a scene in the novel and film Sophie's Choice, in which the main character, on her arrival at Auschwitz, is forced by a guard to choose which of her two children will live, and which will be sent to the gas chamber. ΚΠ 1983 Los Angeles Times 2 June ix. 1/2 ‘Basically, teachers fall into a “Sophie's Choice”, in a sense,’ said association President Robert Chaney... ‘They lose both ways.’ 1994 G. W. Lewis Crit. Incident Stress & Trauma in Workplace viii. 81 Managers who must decide who is to be laid off are in a vulnerable position... It is what I refer to as having to make a ‘Sophie's Choice’. 2003 3D World June 14/1 Maya now serves so many different markets that deciding what to put in has become a bit of a Sophie's Choice. 2011 Vanity Fair Apr. 191/1 Their ‘Team Edward/Team Jacob’ campaign presented a Sophie's choice to Twilight fans, asking them to support one of the two lovers rivaling for the hand of Bella. 2013 N.Y. Mag. 17 June 36/1 Its supporters have made a terrible Sophie's choice: By enabling feral cats to live outside, they're condemning other creatures [sc. birds] to horrific deaths. < as lemmas |
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