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单词 predicament
释义
predicament
(prɪdɪkəmənt )
Word forms: predicaments
countable noun
If you are in a predicament, you are in an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of.
Hank explained our predicament.
The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament.
Synonyms: fix [informal], state, situation, spot [informal]  
Collocations:
current predicament
My current predicament and medicalisation affects every single aspect of my life.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The knowledge did little to help him out of his current predicament, however.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
This combination of worldly wisdom and deeply felt personal experience makes this a highly original and refreshing account of our current predicament.
The Times Literary Supplement (2015)
face a predicament
But of course the judges will never face this predicament, because they will have enough money in their old age to pay someone to attend to them.
Times, Sunday Times
She knows that soon she will face the predicament of all apprentices who ride out their claim.
Times, Sunday Times
The moderate sheriff faces a predicament of unfamiliar menace.
Times, Sunday Times
That may as well have been the predicament facing the frazzled souls in this week's real-life survival horror story.
Times, Sunday Times
Arsenal players will only accept an offer to defer wages to ease the financial predicament facing the club during the coronavirus pandemic after rejecting a pay cut yesterday.
Times,Sunday Times
present predicament
But he failed to address his present predicament.
Times, Sunday Times
That means drawing on one's own experiences and imagination to think and feel oneself into a character's past history, present predicament and changing motives.
Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps we have to go all the way back to 1890 to find the nearest parallel to our present predicament.
Times, Sunday Times
A succession of owners has brought the club to its present predicament.
Times, Sunday Times
But what if the concept of usury facilitates insights into our present predicament that are attainable by no other means?
The Times Literary Supplement
similar predicament
Five years later the actor finds himself in a similar predicament but with a few critical differences.
Times,Sunday Times
I faced a similar predicament but trawled the web to find an answer.
Times, Sunday Times
They are in a similar predicament and want to learn from us.
Times, Sunday Times
Many others are in a similar predicament, such as homeowners who have paid off their mortgage and are relying on savings to boost their pension.
Times, Sunday Times
I decided to help myself and others in a similar predicament.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 困境
Japanese: 苦境
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