plight
noun
verb
plaɪt noun
1 a very bad situation that someone is in 困境,苦境
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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
verb
2
plight your troth
to promise someone that you will marry them [旧] 许婚; 承诺(与某人)结婚 old use