plight

noun

/plaɪt/

[singular]

a difficult and sad situation苦难；困境；苦境
- the plight of homeless people无家可归者的困境
- The African elephant is in a desperate plight.非洲象正面临绝境。
Extra Examples
- the desperate plight of flood victims水灾灾民的绝境
- the plight of the 1.5 million refugees150 万难民所处的困境
- A neighbour heard of her plight and offered to help.一位邻居听说了她的苦境，主动提出帮忙。
- He has expressed deep concern about the plight of the flood victims.他对洪灾受害者的困境深表关切。
- There are better ways to highlight the plight of homeless people.有更好的方法来强调无家可归者的困境。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- desperate
- sad
- sorry
- …
verb + plight
- recognize
- see
- understand
- …
preposition
- plight of
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plit ‘fold’. The -gh- spelling is by association with plight (verb).

plight

verb

/plaɪt/

Word Originverb Old English plihtan ‘endanger’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch plicht and German Pflicht ‘duty’. The current sense is recorded only from Middle English, but is probably original, in view of the related Germanic words.

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they plight	/plaɪt/ /plaɪt/
he / she / it plights	/plaɪts/ /plaɪts/
past simple plighted	/ˈplaɪtɪd/ /ˈplaɪtɪd/
past participle plighted	/ˈplaɪtɪd/ /ˈplaɪtɪd/
-ing form plighting	/ˈplaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈplaɪtɪŋ/

Idioms

plight your troth

(old use or humorous) to make a promise to a person saying that you will marry them; to marry somebody许婚；以身相许