Environmental Frustration: A Choice between Two EvilsREMEMBER SUPERFUND? Back in 1980, Congress created the $1.6 billion program to clean up hazardous chemical dumps. Five years later, here's where we are: We don't know how many dumps need to be cleaned, how much it will cost, how long ...
a choice of two evils A choice between two options or alternatives that are both unpleasant or undesirable. We were left with a choice of two evils. We could either sell the business that had been in our family for generations, or else risk plunging our family into bankruptcy. Polls show ...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus,Medical,Financial,Acronyms,Idioms,Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. CHOICE. Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other persons or things. Election. (q.v.) ...
Simeon said that as a Black and queer person, “It’s really disheartening to know that no matter how far we come as a country, we’re still going to factory reset when it comes to president and have to make a choice between two white men.” In large part, Democratic lawmake...
Choice, alternative, option, preference all suggest the power of choosing between things. Choice implies the opportunity to choose: a choice of evils. Alternative suggests that one has a choice between only two possibilities. It is often used with a negative to mean that there is no second pos...
havingtochoosebetweentwoevils “betweenarockandahardplace”.Example：Hewantedtobeongoodtermswithbothhiswifeandhis mother,buttheeffortofpleasingonewithoutoffendingtheotherwaslikesteeringbetweenScyllaandCharybdis.他本想和妻子，母亲都搞好关系，但要做到取悦一个而不得罪另一个叫他实在左右为难。例句 Thanksfor...
We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to delineate the functional roles of the vmPFC and ACd by investigating these two aspects of decision making: (1) decision form (i.e., choosing between two objects to gain the greater reward or the lesser punishment), and (2) between-object ...
It is not about how many choices, but about the freedom to make informed decisions. However, the chooser must have more than three variables to choose. For example, is your two-year-old free to choose between cookies or ice cream? Of course not; that child does not know to weigh the ...
Relatively few Americans are excited about a potential rematch of the 2020 election between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, although more Republicans would be satisfied to have Trump as their nominee than Democrats would be with Biden as their standard-bearer,...
3) Between two evils are not worth choosing. 两恶之间难选择。4) two-way choice problem 两向选择问题5) dilemma [英][dɪ'lemə] [美][də'lɛmə] 两难抉择 1. This paper explores the dilemma these writers faced in reference to their representative works, and goes on to ...