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

• Save me from this hopeless plight.
  把我从这无望的困境中救出来吧。
• Can you ignore their plight, or are you able to see in others yourself.
  你可以无视他们的困境，或者你能够在其他人身上看到你自己。
• 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 have spoken of the plight of the grocers.
  我已经说了许多杂货商的困境。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。