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

Hank explained our predicament
汉克说明了我们的艰难处境。
I am in the identical predicament with yourself.
我和你处于同样的窘境之中。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。