predicament的读音 predicament中文意思

英音  [prɪˈdɪkəmənt] 
美音  [prɪˈdɪkəmənt] 
n. 困境,窘况;[逻]范畴
中文词源
predicament 情况,困境,窘境
来自拉丁语praedicamentum,预测之事,分类,品质,词源同predicate.后借用该拉丁词来翻译希腊语kategoria,分类,该词为古希腊哲学家亚里士多德对当时的社会进行分类后创造出来的词,共十类,即being,quantity,quality,relation,place,time,posture,possession,action,passion.引申词义情况,状况,后特别用于指不好的情况,即困难,窘境。
predicament 用法和例句
Sequentially robbed of his limps by king arthur , the knight refuses to come to terms with his predicament .
随后,亚瑟王发现了这位一瘸一拐的骑士,但后者拒绝承认自己的困境。
And that may be the key to understanding uber 's current predicament .
这对于理解Uber当前的困境可能很关键。
Businesses can find themselves in the same predicament .
商业运营也可能遇到同样的困境。
Contrast germany 's luck with the periphery 's predicament .
我们来比较一下德国的好运与外围国家的窘境。
China remains wary of its own economic predicament .
中国仍然对其国内的经济处境有所顾忌。