dilemma

名词noun

1. 1A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
2. 2Any difficult circumstance or problem.
3. 3(logic) A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
4. 4(rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.