plight
Word family adjectiveplightedplightfulnounplighterplight
plight1 /plaɪt/ ●○○ noun [usually singular] SERIOUS SITUATIONa very bad situation that someone is in 困境,苦境plight of the desperate plight of the flood victims 洪水灾民的绝境
the country’s economic plight 该国的经济困境
plight2 verb plight your troth old usePROMISE to promise someone that you will marry them 许婚;承诺结婚 Origin plight (1300-1400) Anglo-French plit, from
Latin plictus;
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