predicament

英 [prɪˈdɪkəmənt]

美 [prɪˈdɪkəmənt]

n.  尴尬的处境; 困境; 窘境

复数：predicaments　

GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9473 / COCA.9468

牛津词典

noun

• 尴尬的处境；困境；窘境
  a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where it is difficult to know what to do
  1. the club's financial predicament
     俱乐部的财政困境
  2. I'm in a terrible predicament.
     我的处境十分尴尬。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 困境；艰难的处境；尴尬的境地
  If you are in apredicament, you are in an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of.
  1. Hank explained our predicament...
     汉克说明了我们的艰难处境。
  2. The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament.
     这个决定会让她处于尴尬的境地。

英英释义

noun

• a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
  1. finds himself in a most awkward predicament
  2. the woeful plight of homeless people
  Synonym:quandaryplight

双语例句

• Maclntyre's attention to virtue ethics originated from his reflection over the ethical predicament of the modern west.
  麦金太尔对于美德伦理的关注源于他对现代西方伦理困境的反思。
• The major cause of this predicament is the lack of funds to put and maintain an abattoir.
  主要原因这一困境是缺乏资金，付诸表决，并保持一个屠场。
• No one knew of our impending arrival much less of our mission or predicament.
  谁也不知道我们马上就要到达，更不知道我们的使命和困境。
• Your predicament is a contest between two competitors, evening Ruth and morning Ruth.
  你面临的困境是两个对手“晚上的露丝”和“早上的露丝”之间的竞争。
• We fully sympathize with your predicament.
  我们完全同情你的困境。
• The solution to this predicament lies in a different understanding of the way users master new concepts and tasks.
  解决方法在于理解各种用户掌握的新概念和任务的方式。
• Once the money has run out, how can we confronted with the predicament?
  钱一旦用完，我们怎样面对窘境？
• Beslan tragedy focused the predicament the international anti-terrorism movement is facing.
  别斯兰悲剧凸显了国际社会反恐的困境。
• My husband and I were in a similar predicament last summer only I was six months pregnant.
  去年夏季，我丈夫和我处于类似的困境只不过当时我有了6个月的身孕。
• They must both have decided to come personally to extricate me from my predicament.
  想必她们两人都下决心要亲自来把我从困境中解救出来。