Hobson's choice

Hobson's choice

美 　英

• na.無選擇余地
• 網絡霍布森的選擇；沒有選擇的余地；沒有選擇余地

英漢解釋

na.

1. 無選擇余地

英英解釋

n.	1. a choice between what is offered and nothing at all

例句

As it was raining hard we had to have supper at the road-side restaurant, which, was Hobson's choice.

雨下得大，我們很餓了，只好在路邊小飯店吃晚飯。

I hate to be caught in this Hobson's choice: work without salary or lay-off.

【誤譯】我討厭陷入霍布森設置的選擇：不是白干，就是下崗。

Perhaps it was a Hobson's choice.

也許是不得已的選擇吧。

Thus, a Hobson's choice was really no choice.

因此，霍布森的選擇實際上就是別無選擇。

This Hobson's choice[2] is imposing a high cost on both individuals and society.

這個沒有選擇余地的選擇給個人和社會都帶來了很大的成本。

Where to put the perimeter security is a Hobson's choice: put it farther away and you need more bollards;

何處布置這些周邊安全設施顯得毫無選擇余地：放遠了就需要更多的護柱；