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adjective We were in the invidious position of having to choose whether to break the law or risk lives. 我们处于左右为难的窘境，不知是要违法还是要拿生命冒险。 It would be invidious to single out any one person to thank. 单独感谢任何一个人都易引起反感。 Union leaders called the new rules ‘invidious and divisive’. |