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

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 know how they felt about their plight and their death.
我知道他们对誓言和死亡的感觉。
They bore their plight with stoicism and fortitude.
他们以坚忍刚毅的精神直面困境。
His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part.
朋友的困境促使他投身参与。
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。
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。
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 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。
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。