predicament

英 [prɪˈdɪkəmənt]

美 [prɪˈdɪkəmənt]

n. 尴尬的处境; 困境; 窘境

复数：predicaments　

GRE TEM8

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

They are sympathetic to Germany's predicament.
他们同情德国的困境。
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。
'It must be very difficult,' said Hunter, feeling a surge of embarrassment for Diane's predicament
“那肯定不好过，”亨特说，突然为黛安娜的困境感到很为难。
Although this may be sad to hear it is the truth of our predicament.
尽管这可能听起来让人难过，但这就是我们困境的事实。
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。
A British historian, Herbert Butterfield, called this the "absolute predicament and irreducible dilemma".
英国的历史学家赫伯特巴特菲尔德（herbertbutterfield）将这种现象称为“绝对的困境与无法摆脱的安全两难”。
In this paper, we take the nihilism predicament for basic problem, open the spirit implication defiladed transcendence the nihilism in Marx philosophy text.
本论文将虚无主义困境作为基本问题，用以开显马克思哲学文本中被遮蔽了的潜在的超越虚无主义的精神资源。
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。
These three components of the predicament feed each other: they also threaten international financial stability.
欧洲困境的三个组成部分相互作用：它们也对国际金融稳定构成了威胁。
It's really important that you understand the predicament you're in.
意识到你现在的困境对你很重要。