plight
[plait]
n.困境, 苦境
n.誓约
vt.宣誓, 订婚
例句与用法:
The plight of the famine victims commands everyone's sympathy.
饥民的苦境值得大家同情。
The television pictures brought home to us all the plight of the refugees.
我们从电视上知道了难民所处的一切困境。
The Government seems to be closing its eyes to the plight of the unemployed.
政府似乎对失业者的困境熟视无睹。
The plight of the refugees really wrung my heart.
难民处境惨苦真叫我牵肠割肚。
The plight of the refugees arouses the compassionate old man.
难民的困苦唤醒了那位有同情心的老人。
The crew were in a sorry plight by the time they reached shore.
船员们抵达岸边时境况已十分悲惨。
She plighted herself to him.
她和他订婚了。
The poor girl was in a terrible plight.
这个可怜的女孩处境极其恶劣。
词形变化:
名词: plighter | 动词过去式: plighted | 动词过去分词: plighted | 动词现在分词: plighting | 动词第三人称单数: plights |
n.
境况; 困境, 苦境[C][S1]
He was in a sad plight, sick and penniless.
他贫病交加, 处境十分困难。
Seeing the people's plight, he knelt down and prayed.
看到人民的困境, 他跪下祈祷。
vt.
发誓; 保证
his plighted word
他的誓言
n.
誓约; 婚约[C]
plight
名词复数:plights
词形变化:
名词: plighter | 动词过去式: plighted | 动词过去分词: plighted | 动词现在分词: plighting | 动词第三人称单数: plights |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.苦境; 困境
predicament
pinch
complication
muddle
difficulty
dilemma
plight1[plait]n.1.■情况;状态;(尤指)苦境;困境;险境近义词predicamentin a sorry plight在狼狈不堪的处境中 plight2[plait]vt.1.■宣誓;保证:He plighted his word to attempt it.他发誓一试。2.■订婚:She plighted herself to him.她和他订婚了。n.1.■誓约;盟约;婚约2.■[1000前]plighted lovers山盟海誓的一对爱人plight oneself to someone[古语]与某人订婚plight one's troth (或faith,promise,honour,word)[原义]某人的誓言盟誓(尤指订婚)
plightplight[plait]n.1.■困境; 境况, 境遇; 苦境; 悲惨遭遇a hopeless plight绝望的境地be in a sorry [pitiable, wretched] plight处境困窘He is in a sad plight.他陷入了悲惨的境地。
noun
- a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
险境,困境,苦难
we must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children living in poverty.
我们必须致力于减轻生活在贫困中的儿童的苦难。
- Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plit 'fold'. The -gh- spelling is by association with plight
plight2
verb
- [with obj.](archaic)pledge or promise solemnly (one's faith or loyalty)
(古)宣誓,保证
■(be plighted)to be engaged to; be married to
订婚;嫁;娶
plight one's troth
- 见 troth
- 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
plight
名词 plight:
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
同义词:predicament, quandary
a solemn pledge of fidelity
同义词:troth
动词 plight:
give to in marriage
promise solemnly and formally
同义词:pledge
plight
■"The general situation (and perceived plight) of China's Muslims has resonated amongst the global jihadist community.
“中国穆斯林的总体处境(以及外界感知到的困境)在全世界的伊斯兰圣战组织中引起了共鸣。
■Break the Silence@ shows plight of a common mother and her self-sacrifice for her child.
《漂亮妈妈》表现的是一位普通母亲所遭遇的困境以及她为孩子作出的自我牺牲。
■An advocate for the homeless gave a stirring speech about their plight.
一个倡导者为无家可归者的困境做了一个激动人心的演讲。
■Sensing my plight, a waitress immediately preferred a hot towel to wipe my forehead.
一个服务员,见了我的窘样,急忙送上毛巾来让我擦擦前额。
■The plight of the poor in some remote areas is beyond our expectation.
一些边远地区的穷人的困难境况是我们想像不到的。
■Through the Internet, the plight of the Chinese in one country has become a political concern of all Huaren.
一国华人的苦难,通过网络而成为全球华人共同面临的政治问题。
■These three strategies reflect the plight of woman homosexuality in modern China.
三种改写策略揭示出女性同性恋现象在当代中国独特的社会处境。
■Needless to say, we feel keenly for the plight of the exploited and oppressed people the world over.
不用说,我们对全世界被剥削和被压迫人民的悲惨处境深为同情。
■Despite all the rhetoric the real burden of his song concerned the plight of the unemployed.
不管他使用什么艺术语言,但他的主题是描写失业者的困境。
■But his plight can only add to the impression, widely held west of Minsk, that Russia is an increasingly dark place.
不过,他的病症只会加深明斯克以西的国家普遍持有的印象,那就是俄罗斯正日渐成为一片不见天日的暗黑之地。
■CIT's plight is meanwhile being used as ammunition in a rancorous debate over how to handle failed financial firms.
与此同时,CIT的困境也被用作如何处理倒闭的金融公司(这里不知道该如何译?
■CIT’s plight is meanwhile being used as ammunition in a rancorous debate over how to handle failed financial firms.
与此同时,在讨论如何处理倒闭的金融公司的话题时,CIT的困境被当作替罪羔羊。这样翻译有没有点啥问题呢?
■China's first Mall into how plight?
中国第一商城陷入了怎样的困境?
■CPI's misfortune in the Bayin Oboo wind farm represents the plight of the most wind farms in Inner Mongolia.
中电投巴音敖包风场的遭遇代表了内蒙古大部分风场的困境。
■Homeowners struggling with their mortgages perhaps doubt that a zillionaire understands their plight.
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。
■Alexander is in a miserable plight.
亚历山大陷入了可怜的困境。
■One of the greatest challenges facing mankind is the increasingly dire plight of millions of people in the poorest countries.
人类面临的一大挑战是最贫困国家里千百万人民所遭受的日益深重的苦难。
■Their plight tore at his heart.
他们的困境让他感到很难过
■They flew to Europe to publicize the plight of the refugees.
他们飞往欧洲报道难民的惨状。
■He discovered the plight of the professor, stopped to ask what had happened.
他发现了困境中的教授,停下来问发生了什么事。
■He had been in a sorry plight.
他处于狼狈的境地。
■He didn't know anything about her plight.
他对她的困境一无所知。
■He began to tell about his plight.
他开始讲述他的困境。
■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。
■He was in a tellible plight, trapped at the back of the cave.
他正处于恶劣的情势,被诱入洞穴的后面。
■One would need to have a heart as hard as stone not to be moved by his pitiable plight.
他的境况十分可怜,只有铁石心肠的人才会不为所动。
■He was in a terrible plight, trapped at the back of the cave.
他的处境甚危,掉进了山洞后面的陷阱里。
■His plight is somewhat pathetic,for that disqualifies him for judging the East and the West sanely and dispassionately.
他的情形是有点可怜的,因为这么一来,他失掉批判东西文化的资格了,因为他不能作稳健合理、平心静气的批判。
■His documentary "Night Shift" deals with the plight of underemployed foreign-trained professionals in Canada.
他的纪录片“夜班”讲述了加拿大外籍培训职业人学非所用的困境。
■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 was in a sad plight, sick and penniless .
他贫病交加,处境十分困难。
■He was in a sad plight, sick and penniless.
他贫病交加,处境十分困难。
■He was in a sorry plight when he became ill and had no money.
他贫病交困,处境困窘。
■He is in a sorry plight when he becomes ill and has no money.
他贫病交困,处境困窘。
■He was much concerned over the plight of the calamity-stricken people.
他非常关心受灾群众的状况。
■Yet the plight of the news business does not presage the end of news.
但新闻产业如今面临的困境并不预示着新闻的终结。
■But the plight of the world compels his unwilling attention.
但是世上的困境迫使他关注自己所不情愿关切的事务。
■It is marred, however, by songs that editorialize mawkishly about the children's plight.
但是,它被吵闹而乏味的关于小孩子困境的评论文章污损了。
■But victims of discrimination are often reluctant to draw attention to their plight.
但面对歧视,受害者们却常常不愿把事情闹大。
■As a friendly neighbor of the afflicted countries, we have been filled with anxiety and sympathy for their plight.
作为受灾国家的友好邻邦,我们对他们的灾情深感焦虑与同情。
■Yc 10th regret d/a unacceptable suggest d/ plight plscable acceptance thanks cooperation.
你10日电悉承兑交单歉难接受建议即期付款交单请回电接受谢谢合作。
■Think carefully before you plight yourself to such a woman.
你在答应同这么个女人结婚之前要三思啊。
■How did you get into such a plight?
你怎么落到这步田地!
■Why do you get into such a plight?
你怎么落到这步田地?
■One would need to have a heart as hard as a stone not to be moved by his pitiable plight.
你需要有铁石般的心肠才不致被他可怜的处境所打动。
■With a final realization of the immensity of her love and the piteous plight it had brought upon her.
克莱终于理解到她那无边的爱和这悲惨的婚约给她带来的是什么。
■An article that concerns the plight of homeless people.
关于无家可归者处境的文章
■The plight of several other advanced countries is similar, not least the UK.
其它几个发达国家也面临着类似的困境,尤其是英国。
■Pictures of doctors treating 40-odd people from the blazing boat have humanised their plight.
医生对40余个从燃烧的船只中救出的难民的救治图片缓解了他们的困境。
■The reasons for the Ph.D.s' plight are complex.
博士陷入困境的原因比较复杂。