plight

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

plights

1.
A dire or unfortunate situation.
2.
(archaic)(now rare) A (neutral) condition or state.
3.
(obsolete)Good health.
4.
(dialectal)(now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
5.
(dialectal)(now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
6.
(dialectal)(now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
7.
(dialectal)(now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge.
8.
(archaic)That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
9.
(obsolete)A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

plights

V_ing/Gerund

plighting

V_ed/pp

plighted

1.
(archaic, transitive)(transitive, now rare) To expose to risk; to pledge.
2.
(transitive)Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
3.
(reflexive)To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
4.
(obsolete)To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

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Nguồn gốc từ

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 plit, plyte (fold, condition), from Old French pleit (condition, manner of folding) (from *plictum, from Latin plicitum (fold)).