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pre·dic·a·ment AHD[prĭ-dĭkʹə-mənt] D.J.[prɪˈdɪkəmənt]K.K.[prɪˈdɪkəmənt]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
- Middle English [class, category] 中古英语 [类别，范畴]
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Late Latin praedicāmentum translation of Greek katēgoria 源自 后期拉丁语 praedicāmentum 希腊语 katēgoria的翻译
- from Latin praedicāre [to proclaim publicly, predicate] * see preach 源自 拉丁语 praedicāre [公开宣称，断言] * 参见 preach
predic'amenʹtal AHD[-mĕnʹtl] （形容词）predic'amenʹtally adv.（副词）predicament, plight, quandary, jam, fix, pickle- These 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： "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： 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： "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： 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。"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： "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）
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