You place me in a
dilemma.
你真叫我有点进退两难。
They were caught in a real
dilemma.
他们陷入了进退两难的境地。
The issue raises a moral
dilemma.
这个问题引发了一个道德上的两难抉择。
"This also represents the common dilemma being faced everywhere from university campuses to workplaces.
Home appliance giant's solutions help upgrade sectors, boost output, efficiencyCustomizing clothes used to be a dilemma for Shaanxi Weizhi Group Co Ltd, a garment manufacturer that has been mass-producing for decades.
The number of women patients suffering from the disease is three times that of the opposite gender, and women at childbearing age usually have to face the dilemma between postponing starting a family and suspending disease treatment with traditional therapies.
To solve the dilemma, scientists from Scitop Bio-tech searched through the ancient trade routes in China, Mongolia, Russia, and separated lactic acid bacteria from traditional fermented dairy products, where they successfully collected 14,341 probiotic strains, and greatly narrowed the gap of R&D ability with foreign probiotic companies.
To avoid the Ofo and Mobike dilemma, Sun said that Lime decided from the beginning not to overexpand abroad to ensure company profits can feed future expansion in an orderly and healthy way.
Startups could avoid the dilemma that Ofo faced through rational management. "
This move, however, has sparked heated online discussion on the dilemma of whether the surveillance measure will help boost the safety of passengers or it could infringe personal privacy.
Xiang Ligang, CEO of telecoms industry website Cctime, said Apple's dilemma highlights how US aggressive tariff policies will disrupt the global electronics industry chain.
But that creates a dilemma as such inconsistency could scare off those willing to spend more to guarantee a safe and convenient stay.
Since Uber started shaking up Europe's transport sector in 2011, regulators have faced a dilemma over how best to regulate the company, as a digital group or a transport provider.
"Only China could present us with the biggest dilemma that we've had, which was that Pitch@Palace supports 42 businesses at each event – in China, they presented us with 20,500 businesses, which we had to whittle down to 42.
We need to uphold fairness and justice, overcome the security dilemma, and work collectively to safeguard a peaceful and stable environment for development.
Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of ChinaChina has continued to promote green finance to support its dual carbon goals, central bank governor Yi Gang said at a panel discussion entitled “Carbon Neutrality: Dilemma and Way out” on March 29.
The theme of the WEF Annual Meeting -- "Cooperation in a Fragmented World" -- "perfectly sets out the dilemma: we need cooperation, yet we face fragmentation," he said.
As a matter of fact, such a theory has not yet fully avoided the dilemma brought about by the conflict theory.
And seeking solutions itself may create a dilemma, as, if there is no policy to support demand, the supply shock will bring greater downward pressure on demand; if, however, there is policy to support demand, a decline in supply means that inflation will rise, policy will have to tighten and growth will still eventually weaken.
Citing lessons from Japan's real estate crisis and its dilemma to cope with an aging population, he said China needs to make efforts to improve the housing market and deal with the graying population.
"While the government has stepped up macroeconomic policy easing, the dilemma facing decision-makers is how to make the policy stimulus effective, as long as mobility restrictions persist," Raiser added.
Zhu Haibin, JP Morgan's chief China economist, said the real estate market in China is estimated to recover in the second half, as central and local governments issued various policies to boost the property industry, and ease the financing dilemma of housing developers, according to Yicai.
When road traffic is not smooth, especially when the inter-provincial logistics channel that radiates from Shanghai to the other Yangtze River Delta is blocked, it seriously affects the supply of production materials, He said, adding that currently, local production enterprises face the dilemma that "the raw materials cannot be transported in, while the finished products cannot come out".
The United States falls into a dilemma as it tries to achieve its climate goals while banning imports of solar-power equipment from China, a US-listed company told Bloomberg Television recently.
Second, recent US inflationary pressure has risen significantly, and monetary policy has fallen into a dilemma.
These factors have put the US Federal Reserve in a dilemma in the face of inflation.
Unlike US firms, high-tech companies in Germany face less of a dilemma.
Industry experts said complete digital infrastructure construction is key to catering to enterprises' transformation, as digital technologies help enterprises lower costs and increase efficiency, and help them solve the dilemma of high rent, high labor costs, high raw material prices and low profitability.
The tight supply and high demand for power－a dilemma besetting China's power industry since the start of 2021－worsened in September and October due to the short supply and price hikes of coal.
The tight supply and high demand for power, a dilemma besetting China's power industry since the start of this year, worsened in September and October due to the short supply and price hikes of coal.
"However, in recent months, Indonesia has restricted thermal coal exports, as its domestic thermal coal production has suffered due to COVID-19 as well as weather events, which put China in another dilemma and increased the necessity to seek other coal sources, especially in the face of winter heating demands.
He added that through the development process, newly emerged brands face the dilemma that merely focusing on quality cannot accurately gauge marketing effects, while only focusing on sales raises the cost of acquiring customers.
In 2011, Mo graduated from Boston University and faced a dilemma.
Her dilemma today is whether she should give them all away or simply stop buying new clothes.
"The HOPE project, meanwhile, will solve the current dilemma of diagnosis and treatment, promote standardized diagnosis and treatment, give patients scientific education and treatment, and raise public awareness of heart failure," Huo said.
According to Chan, this is because vertical publishers or content providers are usually commissioned to get a larger audience base to help their clients (with transactions based on a CPM, or cost per thousand, buying model), while the advertisers aim for customer conversion, which can pose a dilemma.
"We are in a dilemma because foreign-run cruises are retreating from China due to meager profits" while China does not yet have large numbers of oceangoing cruise ships.
Fresh slabs spark talk about landlord dilemma, but sector may not see impactChina's 190 million residential tenants, and probably a comparable number of owners of properties, are slowly coming to terms with a new individual income tax policy that has implications for not just the real estate industry but the larger economy.
Data property rights vary a lot from property rights under industrial conditions — they are not completely exclusive, and are renewable, making the confirmation a dilemma involving both the initial data provider and the subsequent data processors who add value.
The side-effect has carmakers who did not follow suit caught in a dilemma.
Manufacturers facing question of whether to outsource on software or to develop in-houseCarmakers are facing a dilemma in outsourcing their smart technology needs, as the role it plays in the cars of the future continues to grow in influence.
Gofun is among more than 50 car-sharing operators in China facing such a dilemma.
The dilemma is shared by some other less-known new energy car startups.
Industrial insiders said Jia was caught in a dilemma of whether he should burn through more cash to finally get the volume product on the road, or quit the game by selling his equity at a much lower price than his initial, huge investment.
Roger Sheng, vice-president of research at the US market research company Gartner Inc, said the meeting poses a dilemma for TSMC.
More broadly, Liu said further promoting financial cooperation among BRI economies may help mitigate the "Triffin Dilemma" brought by the dominant role of the US dollar in the global monetary system.
The Triffin Dilemma refers to a paradox wherein the dollar cannot survive as the world's sole reserve currency without requiring Washington to run ever-increasing deficits, which could ultimately impair the greenback's value and threaten its global status.
The global financial stability has often suffered from the "Triffin Dilemma" and more recently the "New Triffin Dilemma".
Powell now faces a dilemma, which is to stabilize prices, growth and the financial sector all at the same time.
Maintaining a high level of interest rates may also have adverse effects on the stable operation of the financial system, which increases the dilemma faced by monetary policy regulation," he said.
Chinese issuers listed in the US have since landed in a dilemma if they should comply with domestic laws or open their audit books to US regulators.
US-listed Chinese companies and unlisted domestic enterprises make a beeline for HKThe new year is truly in, and has presented a new dilemma or two to capital-hunting Chinese firms: to list or not to list?
Ever since ride-hailing giant Didi's fortunes suddenly reversed last year, more and more companies are finding themselves on the horns of a similar IPO dilemma.
Attempts to prevent any weakening of domestic demand momentum would pose a dilemma for policymakers, as it will lead to pressure to pursue a more pro-growth macro policy that could increase financial risks and leverage, said Louis Kuijs, head of Asia Economics at Oxford Economics, a British think tank.
This landed 260 Chinese issuers, accounting for about 5 percent of the US-listed firms, in a harsh dilemma.
Yu said this will create a dilemma.
There is also an inherent dilemma for the US that dollar supply requires the country to run trade deficit and borrow through Treasury bill issuance.
However, in principle, a county's heavy debt could jeopardize the merit of its currency as a safe asset－a modern-day Triffin Dilemma of the Bretton Woods system.
If implemented, US-listed Chinese firms will face a dilemma between complying with domestic laws and opening their books to the PCAOB, said Liu Chunsheng, an associate professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics.
"Regulating the minimum rates of return on structured deposits will effectively help banks break out of the prisoner's dilemma on attracting deposits by offering higher savings rates.
Tech firms in China have long faced a typical dilemma between the need to expand investment and research expenditures and the difficulty to get financing.
The lack of major macro loosening measures such as RRR and a benchmark deposit rate cut may represent this dilemma of the central bank and broader differences of opinion in the appropriate method to support the economy, said analysts.
Chinese monetary authorities face the dilemma of growth slowdown risks amid a rise in consumer inflation, but in order to stabilize growth, the policy markets are expected to do more to bolster growth, according to a research note from the Nomura Securities.
The Fed would put itself in an unfavorable position if it initiated a rate cut before major uncertainties over the China-US trade dispute are removed, because the pre-emptive move may encourage the US Administration to escalate the trade dispute, which will in turn pose a dilemma to the Fed.
The Fed will then face a policy-making dilemma of whether to further cut rates.
That incident pretty much sums up the current dilemma facing the monetary system.
It seems like a dilemma is facing the monetary authority: to defend the currency by tightening liquidity, which may lead to credit defaults and the fast bursting of asset bubbles; or to tolerate a relatively weaker currency against the US dollar, but ensuring a low interest rate level could sustain strong economic growth.
The move by the US to expand its military deployments in the region not only harms regional peace but also puts regional countries in a dilemma where they have to choose sides, said Wu.
"So this commission mechanism can help solve the dilemma facing these facilities.