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

I think that she is in sympathy with their plight.
我认为她同情他们的苦境。
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 paper carries an article that concerns the plight of homeless people.
报上发表了一篇关于无家可归者处境的文章。
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。
They bore their plight with stoicism and fortitude.
他们以坚忍刚毅的精神直面困境。
How did you get into such a plight?
你怎么落到这步田地！
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。
Save me from this hopeless plight.
把我从这无望的困境中救出来吧。
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。
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。