a difficult and sad situation 苦难；困境；苦境 Extra Examplesthe desperate plight of flood victims 水灾灾民的绝境 the plight of the 1.5 million refugees 150 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 the homeless. 有更好的方法来突出无家可归者的困境。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- desperate
- sad
- sorry
- …
- recognize
- see
- understand
- …
- plight of
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plit ‘fold’. The -gh- spelling is by association with plight (verb).
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plight
verbWord 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
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they plight | |
| he / she / it plights | |
| past simple plighted | |
| past participle plighted | |
| -ing form plighting |
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
noun
plight noun
⇨ mess 2
plight
Difficult situations and experiences: crisis, battle, nightmare...
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