predicament

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A definite class, state or condition.
  2. An unfortunate or trying position or condition.
    — Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life.
  3. That which is predicated; a category.

词形变化

predicaments plural prædicament alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
plight
衍生词
antepredicament egocentric predicament predicamental predicament bondage
相关词
preach predicate can of worms difficulty kettle of fish tight spot trouble

词源

From Middle English predicament, from Old French predicament, from Late Latin praedicāmentum (“that which is predicated, a predicament, category”).
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