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

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。
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。
The plight of the children who are caught up in the conflict is being overlooked.
被卷入这个冲突中的孩子的困境被忽视了。
There are concerns to current condition and spiritual plight in reality.
现实性有对现实状况和精神困境的担忧。
He was in a sorry plight, weighed down by numerous troublesome problems.
麻烦事一大堆，弄得他焦头烂额。
The plight of the orphans has touched the hearts of thousands of people.
孤儿们的困境打动了成千上万人的心。
I think that she is in sympathy with their plight.
我认为她同情他们的苦境。
This is the plight in today's development of China's official accountability system.
这也恰是我国官员问责制发铺到今天的困境所在。
Save me from this hopeless plight.
把我从这无望的困境中救出来吧。
It is a measure of their plight that few of them have anywhere to go to
他们几乎全都无处可归，看得出他们是陷入了困境。