noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ acute ( esp. BrE ), appalling ( esp. BrE ), big , difficult , genuine ( esp. BrE ), great , impossible ( esp. BrE ), real , serious , terrible , thorny ( esp. AmE )
▪ central , essential , fundamental
▪
The fundamental ~ remains: in a tolerant society, should we tolerate intolerance?
▪ common , familiar
▪ interesting
▪ human
▪ personal
▪ ethical , moral
▪ social
▪ policy , political
VERB + DILEMMA
▪ create , pose , present sb with
▪
This poses a difficult ~ for teachers.
▪ be caught in , be faced with , confront , face , find yourself in , have
▪
They were caught in a real ~.
▪ resolve , solve
▪
I could see no way of resolving this moral ~.
DILEMMA + VERB
▪ arise , occur
▪
the ~ that arises when a doctor has to decide whether or not to prescribe an expensive treatment
▪ lie
▪
The ~ over human cloning lies at the heart of the ethical choices facing society.
▪ confront sb , face sb
▪
The ~ facing the country's allies was even more serious.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
The president is now in a ~.
▪ ~ about , ~ over
▪
She faced a ~ about whether to accept the offer or not.
▪ ~ between
▪
the perennial ~ between work and family commitments
PHRASES
▪ a solution to a ~ , a way out of a ~
▪
I couldn't see any way out of the ~.