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

• In order to extricate himself from the predicament, he took the simplest course; he lied abominably.
  为了摆脱窘境，他采取了最简单的方法，撒了一个弥天大谎。
• 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。
• Then they set out to reform the dollar-based monetary order, which they blamed for their predicament.
  接着，他们指责建立在美元基础上的国际货币秩序导致他们陷入了困境，并着手推动相关改革。
• 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。
• 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。
• We fully sympathize with your predicament.
  我们完全同情你的困境。
• 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。
• Many people have little sympathy with the companies 'predicament.
  许多人并不同情中国公司的困境。
• 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。
• I am in the identical predicament with yourself.
  我和你处于同样的窘境之中。