| 单词 | plight |
| 释义 | plight plight1 /pluyt/, n. a condition, state, or situation, esp. an unfavorable or unfortunate one: to find oneself in a sorry plight. [1350-1400; ME plit fold, condition, bad condition < AF (c. MF pleit PLAIT) fold, manner of folding, condition; sp. appar. influenced by PLIGHT2 in obs. sense "danger"] Syn. case. See predicament. plight2 —plighter, n. /pluyt/, v.t. 1. to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry. 2. to bind (someone) by a pledge, esp. of marriage. 3. to give in pledge, as one's word, or to pledge, as one's honor. n. 4. Archaic. pledge. [bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE pliht danger, risk; c. D plicht, G Pflicht duty, obligation; (v.) ME plighten, OE plihtan (deriv. of the n.) to endanger, risk, pledge; c. OHG phlichten to engage oneself, MD plihten to guarantee] |
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