plight

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n. 困境, 窘境 vt. 宣誓, 保证

发音

US /plaɪt/

词形变化

plights 复数 plights 三单 plighting 现在分词 plighted 过去式 plighted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dire or unfortunate situation.

    困境

    险境

  2. 2.

    A (neutral) condition or state.

    古体
  3. 3.

    Good health.

    废旧
  4. 1.

    Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.

    方言
  5. 2.

    An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.

    方言
  6. 3.

    Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.

    方言
  7. 4.

    One's office; duty; charge.

    方言
  8. 5.

    That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.

    古体
  9. 1.

    A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To expose to risk; to pledge.

    古体 及物
  2. 2.

    Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.

  4. 1.

    To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

predicament quandary troth

上位词 4

difficulty pledge assurance difficultness

下位词 4

care box corner hot water
动词

同义词 4

engage pledge betroth affiance

上位词 3

promise assure vow

下位词 4

guarantee vow vouch covenant

词源

From Middle English plit (“fold, wrinkle, bad situation”), conflation of Middle English pliht, plight (“risky promise, peril”) (from Old English pliht "danger, risk"; see Etymology 2) and Anglo-Norman plit, plyte (“fold, condition”), from Old French pleit (“condition, manner of folding”) (from Vulgar Latin *plictum, from Latin plicitum (“fold”)).

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