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

Many people have little sympathy with the companies 'predicament.
许多人并不同情中国公司的困境。
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。
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。
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。
Hank explained our predicament
汉克说明了我们的艰难处境。
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。
'It must be very difficult,' said Hunter, feeling a surge of embarrassment for Diane's predicament
“那肯定不好过，”亨特说，突然为黛安娜的困境感到很为难。
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。
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。
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。