predicament

名词 predicament:

1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
   同义词：quandary, plight

1. A difficult or embarrassing situation; a predicament.
   困境，窘境很困难的或发窘的局面; 难题
2. If you had no enemy, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friend.
   假使你全无仇敌，那么在朋友方面就易陷于同样的贫乏了。
3. 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。
4. Your refusal puts me in an awkward predicament.
   你的拒绝让我感到十分为难。

pre.dic.a.ment

n.（名词）
A situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult.See Usage Note at dilemma
困境，苦处：令人不快、麻烦或艰难并难以摆脱的境况参见 dilemma
Logic One of the basic states or classifications described by Aristotle into which all things can be placed; a category.
【逻辑学】 范畴：亚里士多德所描绘的可以放置所有事物的基本状态或分类之一；范畴

来源：
Middle English [class, category]
中古英语 [类别，范畴]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Late Latin praedic3mentum translation of Greek katôgoria
源自 后期拉丁语 praedic3mentum 希腊语 katôgoria的翻译
from Latin praedic3re [to proclaim publicly, predicate] * see preach
源自 拉丁语 praedic3re [公开宣称，断言] *参见 preach

【引伸】
predic.amen.tal
predic.amen.tally
adv.（副词）
<参考词汇><同义词>predicament,plight,quandary,jam,fix,pickleThese nouns all refer to a situation from which it is difficult to free oneself.Apredicament is a problematic situation about which one does not know what to do:
这些名词都表示难以摆脱的状况。Predicament 是指一种不知该怎么办的疑难处境：
例句：
.Werner finds himself suddenly in a most awkward predicament. (Thomas Carlyle).Aplight is a bad or unfortunate situation:
.华纳突然发现自己处于一种最为尴尬的境地. （托马斯·卡莱尔）。Plight 是指糟糕或不幸的处境：

例句：
The reporter wrote an article about the woeful plight of homeless people. Aquandary is a state of uncertainty or perplexity, especially about what course of action to take:
这位记者写了一篇文章报道无家可归者的不幸处境。 Quandary 是不确定和困惑的状态， 尤指对将采取的何种行动：

例句：
.Having captured our men, we were in a quandary how to keep them. (Theodore Roosevelt).
.抓到了我们的人之后，我们却苦于不知该如何看住他们. （西奥多·罗斯福）。

Jam andfix both refer to trying predicaments from which disengagement presents a problem:
Jam 和fix 都是指从其脱离会产生问题的难受处境：
例句：
The boys who broke the window are in a jam with the school authorities.
打破窗子的男孩与校方陷入了僵局。

例句：
.If we get left on this wreck we are in a fix. (Mark Twain).Apickle is a disagreeable, embarrassing, or troublesome predicament:
.要是被留在失事船上，我们便会陷入进退两难的困境. （马克·吐温）。Pickle 是指讨厌、尴尬或麻烦的困境：

例句：
.I could see no way out of the pickle I was in. (Robert Louis Stevenson).
.我看不到任何使我脱离困境的办法. （罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森）