Hobson's choice
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霍布森的选择, 霍布森的别无选择
a choice made in a situation in which no other options were available
Formal
Idiom
例子
The company gave its employees a Hobson's choice: accept a pay cut or face immediate layoffs.
公司给了员工一个霍布森选择：接受减薪或面临立即裁员。
The politician presented voters with a Hobson's choice, claiming that they must support their party's candidate or risk their opposing party gaining power.
这位政治家向选民提出了霍布森选择，声称他们必须支持自己政党的候选人，否则就要冒反对党掌权的风险。
