predicament
- IPA[prēˈdikəm(ə)nt]
美式
- a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation;(in Aristotelian logic) each of the ten “categories,” often listed as: substance or being, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, posture, having or possession, action, and passion.
noun: predicament, plural noun: predicaments
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation the club's financial predicament
- 2. (in Aristotelian logic) each of the ten “categories,” often listed as: substance or being, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, posture, having or possession, action, and passion.
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- IPA[prɪˈdɪkəm(ə)nt]
英式
- a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation: the club's financial predicament
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