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
- The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament.
这个决定会让她处于尴尬的境地。 - 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”。 - 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。 - Many people have little sympathy with the companies 'predicament.
许多人并不同情中国公司的困境。 - 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。 - If you have no enemies, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.
如果你没有敌人,你就容易陷入没有朋友的相同困境。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。