Kínai | Angol |
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假兩難推理 noun | false dichotomy(situation in which two alternative points of view are presented as the only options, when others are available) |
冬季兩項 noun | biathlon [biathlons](racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race) |
北歐兩項 noun | Nordic combined(cross-country skiing and ski jumping) |
半斤八兩 noun | Tweedledum and Tweedledee(people who spend a lot of time together, and look and act similarly) |
半斤八兩 phrase | much of a muchness(little difference between multiple things) six of one, half a dozen of the other(two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent) |
有兩個議院的 adjective | bicameral(having two separate legislative chambers) |
模棱兩可的詞句 noun | ambiguity [ambiguities](something liable to more than one interpretation) |
模稜兩可 adjective | ambiguous(open to multiple interpretations) |
此地無銀三百兩 verb | protest too much(insist on something) |
此地無銀三百兩 phrase | the lady doth protest too much(because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true) |
每兩 adjective | every second(every other; each alternate) |
海峽兩岸的 adjective | cross-strait(pertaining to relations between the PRC and the ROC) |
男女兩用的 adjective | unisex(not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender) |
腳踏兩條船 /jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán/ adjective | two-time(twice over) |
請來兩杯啤酒 phrase | two beers, pleasephrase |
跨騎,橫跨兩側 adverb | astride(with one’s legs on either side) |
進退兩難 preposition | between a rock and a hard place(having the choice between two unpleasant options) |
進退兩難的境地 noun | dilemma [dilemmata](circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives) |