The city council faced a dilemma between funding new public transit and repairing aging water infrastructure.
市议会面临两难选择：是资助新的公共交通，还是修复老化的水利基础设施。
Which choice best defines “dilemma”?
D — Difficult choice. “dilemma” means difficult choice.
Which word means “difficult choice”?
D — dilemma. “dilemma” means difficult choice.
dilemma — difficult choice. In Chinese: 进退两难，困境.
dilemma is pronounced /dɪˈlemə/.
The city council faced a dilemma between funding new public transit and repairing aging water infrastructure. (市议会面临两难选择：是资助新的公共交通，还是修复老化的水利基础设施。)
predicament, quandary, plight — all close in meaning to dilemma (difficult choice).
solution, resolution — each the opposite of dilemma (difficult choice).
Yes. dilemma is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
dilemma (predicament)