predicament
英 [prɪˈdɪkəmənt]
美 [prɪˈdɪkəmənt]
n. 尴尬的处境; 困境; 窘境
复数:predicaments
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- the club's financial predicament
俱乐部的财政困境 - I'm in a terrible predicament.
我的处境十分尴尬。
- the club's financial predicament
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.- 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。
- Hank explained our predicament...
英英释义
noun
- a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
- finds himself in a most awkward predicament
- the woeful plight of homeless people
双语例句
- Hank explained our predicament
汉克说明了我们的艰难处境。 - 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”。 - The major cause of this predicament is the lack of funds to put and maintain an abattoir.
主要原因这一困境是缺乏资金,付诸表决,并保持一个屠场。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。