This outburst allows Milton to solve what may have seemed up to this point an insoluble conflict: the insoluble conflict between the two meanings of the word vocation that we've been exploring.

这种感情的迸发使得弥尔顿能够解决,一些难以解决的争端：,这种处在天命和才能两个释义之间的,进退两难的争端。

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You could explain your dilemma and then look at your friend and say,

你可以解释你进退两难的困境，然后看着你的朋友说，

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Now, when the first chimpanzee hits the lever the second chimpanzee gets a painful electric shock, putting the first chimpanzee in a horrible dilemma.

当第一只黑猩猩拍杠杆时,第二只黑猩猩就会受到痛苦的电击，这样第一只黑猩猩就进退两难了。

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In other words, what he seems to be saying in that passage at around 37c and d is that he realizes he is on the horns of a dilemma.

换句话说，他试图说的,约介于，37c，及，d，段落,是他了解到自己处于进退两难的境地。

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