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

• 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。
• But many Asians blame their present predicament on dollar hegemony, which is the core of the money-glut hypothesis.
  但许多亚洲人将他们目前的困境归咎于美元霸权，这是资金过剩说的核心。
• 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。
• You may call upon us when you need another viewpoint to your current paradigm and predicament, one of a broader perspective and understanding.
  你可以召唤我们，当你需要对自己当前的范式与困境带来另一个观点&一个更宽广的视角和理解时。
• Hank explained our predicament
  汉克说明了我们的艰难处境。
• The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament.
  这个决定会让她处于尴尬的境地。
• I am in the identical predicament with yourself.
  我和你处于同样的窘境之中。
• 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。
• 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 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。