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。
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。
The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions
该国的经济困境阻碍了其科研机构的工作进展。
Save me from this hopeless plight.
把我从这无望的困境中救出来吧。
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。
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。
I have spoken of the plight of the grocers.
我已经说了许多杂货商的困境。
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。
The plight of rural land property system requires us to reform it.
当前我国农村土地所有权制度存在的现实困境要求我们对其进行改革。