plight

英 [plaɪt]

美 [plaɪt]

n. 苦难; 困境; 苦境
v. 保证，约定

过去式：plighted　过去分词：plighted　现在分词：plighting　第三人称单数：plights　

Collins.2 / BNC.6906 / COCA.7410

习惯用语

plight your troth

许婚；以身相许
to make a promise to a person saying that you will marry them; to marry sb

noun

verb

N-COUNT 困境；苦境
If you refer to someone'splight, you mean that they are in a difficult or distressing situation that is full of problems.
1. ...the worsening plight of Third World countries plagued by debts.
  受债务困扰的第三世界国家日益加深的苦境

noun

a solemn pledge of fidelity
Synonym:troth
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
1. finds himself in a most awkward predicament
2. the woeful plight of homeless people
Synonym:predicamentquandary

verb

promise solemnly and formally
1. I pledge that I will honor my wife
Synonym:pledge
give to in marriage
Synonym:betrothengageaffiance

Save me from this hopeless plight.
把我从这无望的困境中救出来吧。
His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part.
朋友的困境促使他投身参与。
He said in Cairo that the plight of the Palestinians was intolerable, but the Palestinians are still stateless.
在开罗他曾说巴勒斯坦人民的处境已到了不可忍受的地步，但他们现在还是没有自己的国家。
He just wants to draw attention to the plight of the unemployed.
他仅仅是想引起人们对失业者困境的关注。
Last year Collins wrote a moving ballad which highlighted the plight of the homeless
去年，柯林斯写了一首动人的抒情歌曲，突出描绘了无家可归者的苦境。
More than 400 exiles were on a dawn-to-dusk hunger strike to dramatize their plight
400多名流亡者举行从早到晚的绝食抗议来让人们关注他们的苦难。
I have spoken of the plight of the grocers.
我已经说了许多杂货商的困境。
He would concern himself solely with the plight of the hostages.
他唯一关心的是人质的危险处境。
The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.
那位领导人对难民的悲惨境况很担忧。
We were in a sorry plight, tired, lost and hungry.
我们疲乏不堪，迷了路又饿着肚子，处境很是窘迫。