DIFFICULTa difficult or unpleasant situation in which you do not know what to do, or in which you have to make a difficult choice 困境,窘况,尴尬的处境
the country’s economic predicament
该国的经济困境
She went to the office to explain her predicament.
她到办事处去说明她的难处。
in a predicament
Other married couples are in a similar predicament.
其他夫妻也面临相似的困境。
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predicament• She was allowing Amy's predicament to prey on her nerves, sap her confidence.• The pathos of Antoine's predicament is clearly articulated in this passage.• But he says the company basically is in the same predicament it was 10 years ago.• The book also tackles the shamelesspredicament of feeling desperate.• How do the new classical macroeconomists explain that predicament?
in a predicament• It put him in a predicament.
Originpredicament
(1300-1400)Late Latinpraedicamentum, from praedicare; → PREDICATE2
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PREDICAMENT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤awful, difficult, dire, terrible, worse可怕的困境;尷尬的處境;悲慘的境況;更糟糕的處境◇Other companies are in an even worse predicament than ourselves.其他公司的處境甚至比我們的更糟糕。➤current, present目前的困境▸➤financial財政困境◇the team's dire financial predicament這支球隊嚴重的財政困境➤personal個人窘況➤similar相似的困境◇When I was your age, I was in a similar predicament.我在你這個年齡時處在相似的困境中。➤human人類困境◇a portrayal of the human predicament人類困境的寫照VERB + PREDICAMENT➤be caught in, be in, face, find yourself in, get into陷入/處於/面對/發現自己處於/進入困境◇Many young people find themselves in this predicament.許多年輕人都發現自己身處這一困境。➤place sb in, put sb in讓某人陷入困境▸➤escape, escape from, get out of擺脫困境◇How were we to escape this awful predicament?我們該如何擺脫這一可怕的困境?➤realize, understand認識/理解困境➤consider, ponder考慮/思考困境➤explain解釋困境◇She was searching for the right words to explain her predicament.她正在尋找合適的詞語來解釋她的困境。➤solve解決困境PREPOSITION➤in a/the predicament在困境中◇Now I really was in a dire predicament.現在我確實處境很悲慘。