predicament

英 [prɪ'dɪkəmənt] 美 [prɪ'dɪkəmənt]

• n. 困境

英英释义

Noun:

1. 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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They tried to weasel out of the predicament.
   他们试图摆脱这种困境。
2. A loan of money would help me out of my predicament.
   只需一笔贷款就能帮我摆脱困境。
3. I suddenly found myself in an awkward predicament.
   我突然发现自己处于困境中。

经典引文

• Irish ladies of strict virtue, and many Northern lasses of the same predicament.

  出自： Henry Fielding

近反义词

【近义词】

• dilemma 困境
• mess 混乱
• quandary 困惑
• complication 复杂
• plight 困境
• pinch 捏
• embarrassment 困窘
• difficulty 困难
• fix 使 ... 固定
• grief 悲痛
• scrape 刮掉
• jam 果酱
• pickle 腌汁
• tight spot 紧要关头
• tight corner 紧要关头