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　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.6906 / COCA.7410

习惯用语

v.

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

牛津词典

noun

• 苦难；困境；苦境
  a difficult and sad situation
  1. the plight of the homeless
     无家可归者的艰难困苦
  2. The African elephant is in a desperate plight.
     非洲象正面临绝境。

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• 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

英英释义

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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I know how they felt about their plight and their death.
  我知道他们对誓言和死亡的感觉。
• 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。
• How did you get into such a plight?
  你怎么落到这步田地！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I have solved the plight of the forsaken!
  我已经解决了现在被遗忘者的困境了！