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。
They bore their plight with stoicism and fortitude.
他们以坚忍刚毅的精神直面困境。
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。
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。
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。
I have solved the plight of the forsaken!
我已经解决了现在被遗忘者的困境了！
I think that she is in sympathy with their plight.
我认为她同情他们的苦境。
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。
The plight of the Kurds gained global visibility.
库尔德人的苦难引起了全球关注。
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。