predicament
英[pr?'d?k?m(?)nt]
美[pr?'d?k?m?nt]
- n. 窘況，困境；狀態
詞態變化
復數:?predicaments;
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.后借用該拉丁詞來翻譯希臘語kategoria,分類，該詞為古希臘哲學家亞里士多德對當時的社會進行分類后創造出來的詞，共十類，即being,quantity,quality,relation,place,time,posture,possession,action,passion.引申詞義情況，狀況，后特別用于指不好的情況，即困難，窘境。
英文詞源
- predicament
- predicament: [14] Predicament was originally a technical term in logic, denoting a ‘category of attributes which may be asserted of a thing’. It broadened out in the 16th century to ‘situation’, but it does not seem to have been until the 18th century that the specific modern sense ‘awkward situation’ became established. The word comes from late Latin praedicāmentum, a derivative of praedicāre ‘proclaim’ (source of English preach and predicate [16]). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘in front of’, hence ‘in public’ and dicāre ‘make known’.
=> preach, predicate - predicament (n.)
- early 15c., "category, class; one of Aristotle's 10 categories," from Medieval Latin predicamentum, from Late Latin praedicamentum "quality, category, something predicted, that which is asserted," from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare (see predicate). Praedicamentum is a loan-translation of Greek kategoria, Aristotle's word. The meaning "unpleasant situation" is first recorded 1580s.
雙語例句
- 1. Hank explained our predicament.
- 漢克說明了我們的艱難處境。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the club's financial predicament
- 俱樂部的財政困境
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. He hasn't realized his predicament yet.
- 他還沒有意識到自己的尷尬處境.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I am in the identical predicament with yourself.
- 我和你處于同樣的窘境之中.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句