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单词 plight
释义 plight
I. \ˈplīt, usu -īd.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English plighten, from Old English i plihtan to endanger, from pliht risk, danger; akin to Old English plēon to expose to danger, Middle Dutch plien, plegen to be responsible for, Old High German pflegan to take care of
: to put or give in pledge : engage
 < plight faith >
 < plight troth >
 < a plighted bride >
 < he was half engaged … not absolutely plighted — George Meredith >
Synonyms: see promise
II. noun
(-s)
: a solemnly given pledge : engagement
 < women … not famous for keeping their plight — Sir Walter Scott >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English plit, from Anglo-French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin plictus fold — more at plait
1. : condition, state; especially : bad state or condition : predicament
 < the plight of the unemployed >
 < ruined landowners who do not dare to face their desperate plight — Marc Slonim >
 < the plight of the sensitive artist in a … standardized society — J.W.Aldridge >
2. : physical condition
 < the horses are in fine plight >
 < lived … many years after in very good plight — Thomas Gray >
3. archaic : fold, plait
4. archaic : attire, dress
 < sit in silver plight — John Keats >
Synonyms: see predicament
IV. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English pliten, from plit, n.
obsolete : plait, fold
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