predicament 详细解释

predicament

[pri'dikəmənt]

n.困境

n.[C]

1. 尴尬的处境, 困境; 危境

She was in a predicament when she missed the last train home.

当她错过最后一班回家的火车时, 陷入了困境。

2. 处境, 境况, 情况

3. 【逻】范畴

词形变化

形容词: predicamental | 副词: predicamentally |

词义辨析

同义:

n.状态; 困局

mess  complication  plight  embarrassment  pinch  dilemma  

同义参见:

grief  scrape  fix  quandary  plight  difficulty  

英英释义

名词 predicament:

a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

同义词:quandary, plight

补充

predicamentpredicament英:[priˈdikəmənt] 美:[prɪˈdɪkəmənt]n.1.困难的处境; 窘境He hasn't realized his predicament yet.他还没有意识到自己的尴尬处境。

例句

1. Hank explained our predicament.汉克解释了我们的尴尬处境。 2. I'm in a predicament. I don't know whether or not I ought to tell my brother that his wife's having an affair.我现在处境尴尬, 不知道是否该告诉我哥哥他的妻子有了外遇。 3. The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament.这一决定会让她特别为难。 4. the club's financial predicament.俱乐部的财政困境。 5. The governor has gotten himself into quite a predicament.州长使自己陷入十分尴尬的处境。 6. I don't know how to get out of the predicament I'm in.我不知道如何才能摆脱现在所处的困境。