プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
きゅうち【窮地】
a difficult situation; a predicament
窮地に陥った
He was caught in a dilemma.／He fell into an awful predicament.
窮地からようやく脱した
He managed to escape from his predicament.
友を窮地に陥れた
He drove his friend 「into a corner [to the wall].