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

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。
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。
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”。
I am in the identical predicament with yourself.
我和你处于同样的窘境之中。
The transformation of educational informationization is necessity demand for breaking through the bottleneck and walking out the predicament.
教育信息化转型是教育信息化突破瓶颈，走出困境，进一步发展的必然要求。
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。
It is among the guides we have to our present predicament.
历史是我们解读当前困境的指南之一。
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。
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。