plight

英 [plaɪt] 美[plaɪt]

近义词difficulty pinch predicament dilemma muddle

n. 困境；境况；誓约
vt. 保证；约定

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中文词源

plight 誓言，誓约，订婚

来自古英语pliht,有风险的承诺，危险，风险，来自Proto-Germanic*pleg,承诺，责任，担保，来自PIE*dlegh,忙于，从事于，责任，承诺，来自PIE*del,长的，词源同long,play,pledge.引申词义誓言，誓约，特别是郑重的誓言，如订婚。

plight 苦难，困境

来自古法语pleit,情况，来自拉丁语plicare,卷入，卷进，词源同ply,complex.后主要用于指坏的情况，引申词义苦难，困境。词义部分受到上一词义的影响。

词态变化

复数: plights;

助记提示

1. 扑过去，把希望之光扑灭了.
2. 扑灭了光。
3. 扑灭了光亮就会一片黑暗，陷入困境。

英文词源

plight: plight: see pleat
plight (v.): "to pledge" (obsolete except in archaic plight one's troth), from Old English pligtan, plihtan "to endanger, imperil, compromise," verb form of pliht (n.) "danger, risk" (see plight (n.2)). Related: Plighted; plighting.
plight (n.1): "condition or state (usually bad)," late 12c., "danger, harm, strife," from Anglo-French plit, pleit, Old French pleit, ploit "condition" (13c.), originally "way of folding," from Vulgar Latin *plictum, from Latin plicitum, neuter past participle of Latin plicare "to fold, lay" (see ply (v.1)).

Originally in neutral sense (as in modern French en bon plit "in good condition"), sense of "harmful state" (and current spelling) probably is from convergence and confusion with plight (n.2) via notion of "entangling risk, pledge or promise with great risk to the pledger."
plight (n.2): "pledge," mid-13c., "pledge, promise," usually involving risk or loss in default, from Old English pliht "danger, risk, peril, damage," from Proto-Germanic *pleg- (cognates: Old Frisian plicht "danger, concern, care," Middle Dutch, Dutch plicht "obligation, duty," Old High German pfliht, German Pflicht "obligation, duty" (see plight (v.)). Compare Old English plihtere "look-out man at the prow of a ship," plihtlic "perilous, dangerous."

双语例句

1. 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。

2. He just wants to draw attention to the plight of the unemployed.: 他仅仅是想引起人们对失业者困境的关注。

3. They bore their plight with stoicism and fortitude.: 他们以坚忍刚毅的精神直面困境。

4. The plight of the Kurds gained global visibility.: 库尔德人的苦难引起了全球关注。

5. the plight of the homeless: 无家可归者的艰难困苦

英英释意

1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one;: "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

2. a solemn pledge of fidelity

考试真题

Le Bohec said:"The plight of the king penguin should serve as a warning about the future of the entire marine environment in the Antarctic."

实用场景例句

the plight of the homeless: 无家可归者的艰难困苦

The African elephant is in a desperate plight.: 非洲象正面临绝境。

...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

Surplus countries are simply stupefied by their plight. They should not be.: 而勤俭节约的国家却是在困境中感到无可奈何, 他们本不应该如此.

He felt that his present plight, bitter as it was, was largely due to Butler's opposition.: 他觉得他目前的窘境, 这样惨痛, 多半是由巴特勒的反对所造成的.

He is in a sad plight.: 他陷入了悲惨的境地.

The oil producers are not alone in their plight.: 然而陷入困境的并不只是石油生产国.

No one can be a hero in the plight.: 一分钱跌倒一个英雄!

How did you get into such a plight?: 你怎么落到这步田地!

He was in a sorry plight when he became ill and had no money.: 他贫病交困,处境困窘.

Homeowners struggling with their mortgages perhaps doubt that a zillionaire understands their plight. Annoy the rich.: 为房屋抵押而奋斗的私房业主也许会怀疑一个亿万富翁是否了解他们的状况.

But would she see through the bars of his plight and ache for him?: 但是她会看出他的苦境而深深为他心痛吗 ?

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.

The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.: 那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧.

Amnesty International complained on July 7 th about the similar plight of women in Kenya's slums.: 7月7日,国际大赦组织对肯尼亚贫民窟的妇女相似困境提出抗议.

He displayed a willful ignorance of their plight.: 对于他们的困境他故意装作一无所知.

The car's speed, other vehicles, the impact and the princess's dying plight have all been erased.: 车子的速度、其他机动车、撞击和戴妃垂死的惨景,统统被抹去了.

He had no solution of his own to the plight of the Third Army.: 他拿不出自己的办法来解决第三集团军被围困的问题.

Alexander is in a miserable plight.: 亚历山大陷入了可怜的困境.

His mission was to relieve , as much as he could, the plight of the less fortunate.: 他的使命就是尽其所能地使不幸的人们摆脱困境.

How can I persuade you of my plight?: 我怎么才能使你了解我的困难处境呢 ?

the plight of the homeless: 无家可归者的艰难困苦

They flew to Europe to publicize the plight of the refugees.: 他们飞往欧洲报道难民的惨状。

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 looked first mollified and then relieved as it occurred to him his plight could be worse.: 想到自己本可能会陷入更糟糕的困境，他看上去先是感到宽慰，随后又如释重负。

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。

They bore their plight with stoicism and fortitude.: 他们以坚忍刚毅的精神直面困境。

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。

The plight of the Kurds gained global visibility.: 库尔德人的苦难引起了全球关注。

He just wants to draw attention to the plight of the unemployed.: 他仅仅是想引起人们对失业者困境的关注。

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