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

• To face the predicament, it requires government and business cooperate to adopt triple-pole measure to deal with.
  面对“三荒两高”困境，需要政府和企业采取三极措施联手应对。
• Many people have little sympathy with the companies 'predicament.
  许多人并不同情中国公司的困境。
• 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”。
• Actually, the current retry procedure has already sunk into a predicament as well.
  现行刑事再审程序的运作实际上也已陷入了困境。
• 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。
• They are sympathetic to Germany's predicament.
  他们同情德国的困境。
• '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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。