• n. 困境；境況；誓約
• vt. 保證；約定

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)pliht,有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的承諾，危險(xiǎn)，風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，來(lái)自Proto-Germanic*pleg,承諾，責(zé)任，擔(dān)保， 來(lái)自PIE*dlegh,忙于，從事于，責(zé)任，承諾，來(lái)自PIE*del,長(zhǎng)的，詞源同long,play,pledge.引 申詞義誓言，誓約，特別是鄭重的誓言，如訂婚。

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)pleit,情況，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)plicare,卷入，卷進(jìn)，詞源同ply,complex.后主要用于指壞 的情況，引申詞義苦難，困境。詞義部分受到上一詞義的影響。

plight

plight: see pleat

plight (v.)

"to pledge" (obsolete except in archaic plight one's troth), from Old English pligtan, plihtan "to endanger, imperil, compromise," verb form of pliht (n.) "danger, risk" (see plight (n.2)). Related: Plighted; plighting.

plight (n.1)

"condition or state (usually bad)," late 12c., "danger, harm, strife," from Anglo-French plit, pleit, Old French pleit, ploit "condition" (13c.), originally "way of folding," from Vulgar Latin *plictum, from Latin plicitum, neuter past participle of Latin plicare "to fold, lay" (see ply (v.1)).

Originally in neutral sense (as in modern French en bon plit "in good condition"), sense of "harmful state" (and current spelling) probably is from convergence and confusion with plight (n.2) via notion of "entangling risk, pledge or promise with great risk to the pledger."

plight (n.2)

"pledge," mid-13c., "pledge, promise," usually involving risk or loss in default, from Old English pliht "danger, risk, peril, damage," from Proto-Germanic *pleg- (cognates: Old Frisian plicht "danger, concern, care," Middle Dutch, Dutch plicht "obligation, duty," Old High German pfliht, German Pflicht "obligation, duty" (see plight (v.)). Compare Old English plihtere "look-out man at the prow of a ship," plihtlic "perilous, dangerous."

1. The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions.

該國(guó)的經(jīng)濟(jì)困境阻礙了其科研機(jī)構(gòu)的工作進(jìn)展。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. He just wants to draw attention to the plight of the unemployed.

他僅僅是想引起人們對(duì)失業(yè)者困境的關(guān)注。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. They bore their plight with stoicism and fortitude.

他們以堅(jiān)忍剛毅的精神直面困境。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. The plight of the Kurds gained global visibility.

庫(kù)爾德人的苦難引起了全球關(guān)注。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. the plight of the homeless

無(wú)家可歸者的艱難困苦

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》