資料來源 : pyDict
狀態,窮境,困局
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Predicament \Pre*dic"a*ment\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]dicament, L.
praedicamentum. See {Predicate}.]
1. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence,
condition; particular situation or state; especially, an
unfortunate or trying position or condition. ``O woeful
sympathy; piteous predicament!'' --Shak.
2. (Logic) See {Category}.
Syn: Category; condition; state; plight.
資料來源 : WordNet®
predicament
n : 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" [syn: {quandary}, {plight}]