dilema
dilemma ; quandary ; ambivalence ; predicament.
Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.
The increasing use and popularity of the Internet and phytomedicinals (medicinal herbs and medical botanics) have created a quandary for researchers, consumers and information professionals.
J E Tucker and E E Willoughby reviewed Wing's bibliography twice and reveal an ambivalence about it repeated by almost every reviewer.
Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina
chicken and egg situation
It's a kind of chicken and egg situation as to which comes first.
encontrarse ante un dilema
stumble into + a predicament
At the time he was conscious of but one thing - that he had stumbled into a predicament which might easily cost him his life.
encontrarse en un dilema
be caught in a conundrum
Libraries are therefore caught in a conundrum.
enfrentarse a un dilema
face + a dilemma
Academic librarians today face a paradoxical dilemma.
en un dilema
in a predicament
Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.
estar en un dilema
be in/of [USA] two minds
I have long been of two minds about the relationship of form and content.
presentar un dilema
present + dilemma
Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.
resolver el dilema
tell + the tale
It is the quality of American men and women who are already of voting age that will tell the tale.
resolver el dilema de forma contundente
clinch + the argument
Paradoxically enough, it might be the coming of computerised reference work that will finally clinch the argument that the reference process is far more than mechanistic question-answering.
resolver un dilema
resolve + a dilemma
Perhaps the computer could resolve the dilemma of dead headings vs. buried material.
tener un dilema
be in/of [USA] two minds
I have long been of two minds about the relationship of form and content.