And that leaves us with a dilemma.

这让我们进退两难。

Well, I'm in a quandary, and I need your help.

那，我现在进退两难，需要你的帮助。

They project the image of confidence, and perhaps most importantly, they know when to stop.

他们自信笃定，最重要的是，他们知进退，张弛有度。

You're putting me in a tough spot.

你让我进退两难。

If you're caught between a rock and a hard place.

如果你进退两难。

Between the devil and the deep blue sea, aren't I?

直进退维谷 是吧？

So this is us goofing off a little bit.

我们在一起共同进退。

At its core, all inclusive resorts solve a classic economic issue known as the hold up problem, the fear that once you're committed to a situation, the other side can suddenly raise prices because you have no real way out.

其核心在于，一价全包度假村解决了典济学问题——敲竹杠问题，也就是人们的顾虑：一旦你陷入既定处境、进退两难，对方就然涨价。

It's just too bad for buyers who fall a few bucks short because they'd be between a " rock" and a hard place.

这对那些只差少量钱就买到的买家来说太糟糕了，因为他们进退两难。

So do you give it to the sickest who are likely to die, or to those not so sick who might recover with the help of the drug? It's a big dilemma.

那么，你们会把这些药物给那些病情非常严重濒临死亡的人，还是给那些不是很严重，很有服药之后有所好转的人呢？这是个进退两难的选择。

Well, that's a catch-22 if ever I heard one.

那听起来确实是进退两难了。

Alright so what on earth is a quandary?

好吧，究竟什么是进退两难呢？

State failure, it appears, does not necessarily go hand in hand with other human woes, such as poverty.

似乎政权衰败并不总是与人类其它灾难——例如贫穷——共进退。

Some are simply caught in the middle.

有些人只是夹在中间，进退两难。

Well, it's known that the Sino-American relation is in a dilemma.

嗯，众所周知，中美两国的关系处于进退两难中。

I find myself in a bit of an ethical dilemma, Kit.

我现在有点进退两难，基特。

When others are having hard times and poor business, you will find your greatest opportunities.

所以，当他人的事业因为世道艰难而进退维谷时，你却总不断地发现有利时机。

He who knows what is right will do right.

明辨是非者必进退合宜。

We're trying to work with people locally and help each other out.

我们正在努力与当地人互帮互助，与他们共进退。

Here was a Scyllaeo-Charybdean position for a poor boy.

怜的男孩，仿佛处于锡拉岩礁和卡律布狄斯大漩涡之间，进退两难。