predicament
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pre·dic·a·ment /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/ noun [countable] 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 shameless predicament of feeling desperate.• How do the new classical macroeconomists explain that predicament?in a predicament• It put him in a predicament.Origin predicament (1300-1400) Late Latin praedicamentum, from praedicare; → PREDICATE2pre·dic·a·ment nounChineseSyllable
you in which or Corpus unpleasant difficult a situation
predicament
pre‧dic‧a‧ment /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/
noun [countable]a difficult or unpleasant situation in which you do not know what to do, or in which you have to make a difficult choice:
the country’s economic predicament
She went to the office to explain her predicament.
in a predicament
Other married couples are in a similar predicament.
pre‧dic‧a‧ment /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/
noun [countable]a difficult or unpleasant situation in which you do not know what to do, or in which you have to make a difficult choice: in a predicament