進退維谷
拼音:jìn tuì wéi gǔ英文翻譯
be in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep sea; in a boxstand at a nonplus; up a gum tree
【法】 up a tree
例句:
- 我面對兩種選擇進退維谷不知何去何從。I was torn between the two alternatives.
- 他已陷於進退維谷的地步,不是坐牢就是流放,必須在兩者間做出抉擇。He was in the unenviable position of having to choose between imprisonment or exile.