N-COUNT [usually singular]困境;苦境 If you refer to someone's plight, you mean that they are in a difficult or distressing situation that is full of problems. 困境;苦境
...the worsening plight of Third World countries plagued by debts. [+ of]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLIGHT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤desperate, sad, sorry, tragic絕境;悲慘的境況;困境◇the desperate plight of flood victims水災災民的絕境➤current目前的困境▸➤economic, financial經濟/財政困境VERB + PLIGHT➤recognize, see, understand認清困境▸➤draw attention to, highlight, publicize使關注困境◇He has been sleeping rough in the streets to highlight the plight of the homeless.他一直露宿街頭,以引起人們對無家可歸者境況的關注。➤alleviate, ease緩解困境▸➤ignore無視困境PREPOSITION➤plight of⋯的困境◇the plight of the 1.5 million refugees150 萬難民所處的困境