plight
英语
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[编辑]词源 1
[编辑]源自中古英语 plit (“折痕,皱纹,不好的情况”),中古英语 pliht, plight (“风险,危险”)(源自古英语 pliht (“危险,风险”))和盎格鲁-诺曼语 plit, plyte (“折叠,条件”)的异文合并,源自古法语 pleit (“条件,折叠的方式”)(源自通俗拉丁语 *plictum,源自拉丁语 plicitum (“折叠”))。
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[编辑]plight (复数 plights)
- 困境,窘境,麻烦 (自14世纪)
- 2005, Lesley Brown, translating Plato, Sophist, 243c:
- Though we say we are quite clear about it and understand when someone uses the expression, unlike that other expression, maybe we're in the same plight with regard to them both.
- 2011年12月10日,Arindam Rej,“Norwich 4-2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
- Gosling's plight worsened when he was soon shown a red card for a foul on Martin.
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- 2020年6月17日,Philip Haigh,“Capital for the capital to meet London's transport needs”, in Rail,页 28:
- Despite spending £1 billion of its own resources, that balanced budget became impossible and forced TfL to issue a 'Section 114' notice of impending financial plight and go to the government for support.
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- 2005, Lesley Brown, translating Plato, Sophist, 243c:
- (现罕用) (任何)情况,境况 (自14世纪)
- (弃用) 健康 (14-19世纪)
- 1590,埃德蒙·斯宾塞,“Book III, Canto VII”, in 仙后(The Faerie Qveene . […]),London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- All wayes shee sought him to restore to plight, / With herbs, with charms, with counsel, and with teares […]。
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词源 2
[编辑]源自中古英语 plight (“风险,危险”),源自古英语 pliht (“风险,危险,损坏”),源自原始西日耳曼语 *plihti (“照料,责任,职责,使命”)。其一个带后缀形式出现于古英语pleoh (“风险,危险,伤害”,亦“责任”)和plēon (“使...危险,让...冒风险”)。与古英语 plihtan (“使...有风险”)有关。同源词包括低地苏格兰语 plicht (“责任”)、荷兰语 plicht、低地德语 plicht (“使命”)、德语 Pflicht (“责任,使命”)、丹麦语 pligt (“使命”)、意第绪语 פֿליכט (flikht)。详见pledge。
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[编辑]plight (复数 plights)
衍生词汇
[编辑]动词
[编辑]plight (第三人称单数简单现在时 plights,现在分词 plighting,简单过去时和过去分词 plighted)
- (及物,现罕用) 让...冒风险;抵押
- (及物) 在婚礼上宣誓
- (反身) 起誓,宣誓
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 226:
- I ask what I have done to deserve it, one daughter hobnobbing with radicals and the other planning to plight herself to a criminal.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 226:
衍生词汇
[编辑]词源 3
[编辑]源自中古英语 plyghten、plyȝten、pleyȝten、pleiten、pliten,源自名词(见下)。
动词
[编辑]plight (第三人称单数简单现在时 plights,现在分词 plighting,简单过去时和过去分词 plighted)
词源 4
[编辑]源自中古英语 pliȝt、plight、plyt、pleit,源自盎格鲁-诺曼语 pleit (“褶,辫”)。详见plait。
名词
[编辑]plight (复数 plights)
- (弃用) 结,辫;(弃用,罕用) 衣服
- 1590,埃德蒙·斯宾塞,“Book II, Canto III”, in 仙后(The Faerie Qveene . […]),London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 26:
- Many a folded plight.
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延伸阅读
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