predicament
英 [pr?'d?k?m(?)nt]
美[pr?'d?k?m?nt]
- n. 窘?jīng)r，困境；狀態(tài)
TEM8GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?predicaments;
中文詞源
predicament 情況，困境，窘境
來自拉丁語praedicamentum,預(yù)測之事，分類，品質(zhì)，詞源同predicate.后借用該拉丁詞來翻譯希臘語kategoria,分類，該詞為古希臘哲學(xué)家亞里士多德對當(dāng)時的社會進(jìn)行分類后創(chuàng)造出來的詞，共十類，即being,quantity,quality,relation,place,time,posture,possession,action,passion.引申詞義情況，狀況，后特別用于指不好的情況，即困難，窘境。
英英釋意
- 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"
英文詞源
- predicament
- predicament: [14] Predicament was originally a technical term in logic, denoting a ‘category of attributes which may be asserted of a thing’. It broadened out in the 16th century to ‘situation’, but it does not seem to have been until the 18th century that the specific modern sense ‘a(chǎn)wkward situation’ became established. The word comes from late Latin praedicāmentum, a derivative of praedicāre ‘proclaim’ (source of English preach and predicate [16]). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘in front of’, hence ‘in public’ and dicāre ‘make known’.
=> preach, predicate - predicament (n.)
- early 15c., "category, class; one of Aristotle's 10 categories," from Medieval Latin predicamentum, from Late Latin praedicamentum "quality, category, something predicted, that which is asserted," from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare (see predicate). Praedicamentum is a loan-translation of Greek kategoria, Aristotle's word. The meaning "unpleasant situation" is first recorded 1580s.
實用場景例句
- the club's financial predicament
- 俱樂部的財政困境
牛津詞典
- I'm in a terrible predicament.
- 我的處境十分尷尬。
牛津詞典
- Hank explained our predicament...
- 漢克說明了我們的艱難處境。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament.
- 這個決定會讓她處于尷尬的境地。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Hurstwood, on the contrary, saw in the strength of her new attractiveness his miserable predicament.
- 相反, 赫斯渥從她新展露的魅力中更感到自己處境悲慘可憐.
英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
- Unfortunately, such differences have also contributed to the present predicament of the Chinese language.
- 然而, 這樣的分歧,也同時造成了目前的華文困境.
期刊摘選
- Little imagine west sheds an economics to be immersed in the predicament of the crisis already.
- 殊不知西方流行經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)早已陷入危機的困境.
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- He hasn't realized his predicament yet.
- 他還沒有意識到自己的尷尬處境.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- This paper analyzes the predicament of information science in three aspects: theory, education and profession identity.
- [中英文摘要]本文從學(xué)科理論 、 育、業(yè)認(rèn)同三方面對世界范圍的情報學(xué)困境進(jìn)行了分析,指出情報學(xué)陷入困境的根源在于三方面: 強勢學(xué)科的加入競爭,信息技術(shù)的發(fā)展和影響,情報學(xué)的內(nèi)在局限性.
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- Who can whether they want to about their predicament or not?
- 誰知道他們想不想談?wù)撔闹械耐纯?
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- Which is always a tricky predicament to be in when she wants to start kissing you.
- 你知道當(dāng)她想吻你的時候處境會很尷尬.
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- Shenzhen should cast off these predicament, must realize an industry to upgrade with transition.
- 深圳要擺脫這些困境, 就必須實現(xiàn)產(chǎn)業(yè)升級和轉(zhuǎn)型.
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- Their temporary predicament called out the best in them.
- 他們的暫時困難激發(fā)他們作出最大的努力.
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- At present pork up, make generator oneself predicament, hog production already began to up.
- 目前豬肉回升, 使生產(chǎn)者解脫了困境, 生豬生產(chǎn)已開始升溫.
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- Your refusal puts me in an awkward predicament.
- 你的拒絕讓我感到十分為難.
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- But while it is possible to sympathise with the Russian predicament, the ban is counterproductive.
- 雖然俄羅斯的困境可能令人同情, 但禁令會起到適得其反的效果.
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- Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.
- 生活并非奇觀,亦非盛宴, 它是一種困境.
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- So it is not the obvious place to start to explain the world economy's present predicament.
- 但是這個體系最適合分析穩(wěn)步積累,而不是具有強烈周期性的投機交晚和破產(chǎn)清算.
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- Many enterprises are washed out and annex, major company still struggles hard in predicament to now.
- 不少企業(yè)被淘汰和兼并, 大部分企業(yè)至今仍在困境中苦苦掙扎.
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- I am in the identical predicament with yourself.
- 我和你處于同樣的窘境之中.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- No one knew of our impending arrival much less of our mission or predicament.
- 誰也不知道我們馬上就要到達(dá),更不知道我們的使命和困境.
辭典例句
- If customers are bankrupt, suppliers are likely to be in the same predicament.
- 如果顧客破產(chǎn), 那么供應(yīng)商可能會陷入同樣的困境.
期刊摘選
- The main causes for this institutional predicament involve court, litigant, judicial institution and lawsuIt'system.
- 造成涉訴信訪制度困境的原因主要有法院的原因 、 當(dāng)事人的原因 、 司法體制的原因和訴訟制度的原因.
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- It requests to organize to adjust strategy in time, coming out a predicament.
- 它要求組織及時調(diào)整戰(zhàn)略, 走出困境.
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- This may find Bush in a parallel predicament unto Nixon in the year ahead.
- 這將使布什在明年陷入同尼克松類似的困境中.
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- Discussed off predicament and the measure that will expand chrysalis silk trade henceforth.
- 探討了擺脫困境及今后發(fā)展繭絲綢行業(yè)的措施.
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- S. dollar . And the current Bilateral Swap Arrangement in East Asia further falls China into predicament.
- 而現(xiàn)行的東亞雙邊貨幣互換合作機制的缺陷,進(jìn)一步陷中國于困境.
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- He made a clean breast of his predicament.
- 他坦白地講出他的困境.
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- For one thing, people can a lot of experience from a predicament.
- 第一, 人們可在逆境中積累大量的經(jīng)驗.
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