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 have solved the plight of the forsaken!
我已经解决了现在被遗忘者的困境了！
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。
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。
They bore their plight with stoicism and fortitude.
他们以坚忍刚毅的精神直面困境。
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。
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。
This article analyzes the plight of low-carbon technology innovation, and points out some corresponding countermeasures.
通过分析低碳技术创新所面临的一些问题，提出相应的对策和建议。
Needless to say, we feel keenly for the plight of the exploited and oppressed people the world over.
不用说，我们对全世界被剥削和被压迫人民的悲惨处境深为同情。
Their plight is now desperate.
他们的困境现在已到了绝望的地步。
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。