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

They are sympathetic to Germany's predicament.
他们同情德国的困境。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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”。
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。
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。
Once the money has run out, how can we confronted with the predicament?
钱一旦用完，我们怎样面对窘境？
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。