Hobson's choice

Hobson's choice

美 　英

• na.无选择余地
• 网络霍布森的选择；没有选择的余地；没有选择余地

英汉解释

na.

1. 无选择余地

英英解释

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，我们很饿了，只好在路边小饭店吃晚饭。

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

【误译】我讨厌陷入霍布森设置的选择：不是白干，就是下岗。

Perhaps it was a Hobson's choice.

也许是不得已的选择吧。

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

因此，霍布森的选择实际上就是别无选择。

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

这个没有选择余地的选择给个人和社会都带来了很大的成本。

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

何处布置这些周边安全设施显得毫无选择余地：放远了就需要更多的护柱；