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单词 plight
释义
plight
noun[S]
uk
/plaɪt/us
/plaɪt/
C2
anunpleasantcondition,especiallyaserious,sad, ordifficultone:
困境，窘境
theplightofthepoor/homeless穷人／无家可归者的困难处境
Few of us can beunmovedby the plight of therefugees.我们几乎无一不被难民的困难处境所触动。
Synonym
predicamentformal
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plight
verb
old useorhumorous
uk
/plaɪt/us
/plaɪt/
plightyourtroth
to (promiseto)marry
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engaged(MARRIAGE)
betrothold use
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  • flower girl
  • get splicedidiom
  • nuptials
  • officiant
  • pageboy
  • pop the questionidiom
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(Definition ofplightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

plight| American Dictionary

plight
noun[Cusually sing]
us
/plɑɪt/
anunpleasantcondition,esp. aserious,sad, ordifficultone:
Myproblemsaren’t muchcomparedwith the plight of thestormvictims.
(Definition ofplightfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplight

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We have heard more about our honour being plighted to-day than we have heard for months.
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Increases of that magnitude will have shattered even the most careful of household budgets and will have plunged thousands of families into the most desperate of financial plights.
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Their plights vary from fair to dreadful.
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Then a doctor who served the same village described the plights of the people, on how they fought and ended this.
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However, his plights were ignored and the governor's ruling was upheld.
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Serfs could also escape their plights if they survived twenty-five years of service in the armed forces.
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Their individual plights are intertwined throughout the book.
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Theplightand sufferings of local forced laborers were not a feature in these accounts.
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She does not question the intentions of media experts, who created a story out of theplightof isolated elders.
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Instead, they were developed through strong local leadership whose focus of attention was theplightof youth in this one urban neighbourhood.
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Arguments for restricting inheritance are usually driven by a concern for theplightof those who happen to be born in a poor family.
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Most people also see mutual obligation as implying action on the part of government to reduce unemployment and ease theplightof the unemployed.
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Theplightof children in armed conflict, and in particular child soldiers, has led to the adoption of international instruments to protect children.
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Theplightand alienation of this group is the most important neglected factor in the analysis of the urban protests of 1961-63.
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Overall, this is a spine-chilling account of theplightof elderly people trapped in a health and social system where they have no voice.
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