predicament

predicament

英 [prɪ'dɪkəm(ə)nt]
　　美 [prɪ'dɪkəmənt]

n. 窘況，困境；狀態

中文詞源：

predicament 情況，困境，窘境

來自拉丁語praedicamentum,預測之事，分類，品質，詞源同predicate.後借用該拉丁詞來翻譯希臘語kategoria,分類，該詞為古希臘哲學傢亞裡士多德對當時的社會進行分類後創造出來的詞，共十類，即being,quantity,quality,relation,place,time,posture,possession,action,passion.引申詞義情況，狀況，後特別用於指不好的情況，即困難，窘境。

例句：

1. Hank explained our predicament.
漢克說明瞭我們的艱難處境。

2. the club's financial predicament
俱樂部的財政困境

3. He hasn't realized his predicament yet.
他還沒有意識到自己的尷尬處境.

4. I am in the identical predicament with yourself.
我和你處於同樣的窘境之中.

5. "It must be very difficult," said Hunter, feeling a surge of embarrassment for Diane's predicament.
“那肯定不好過，”亨特說，突然為黛安娜的困境感到很為難。