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1 plight
(a (bad) situation or state: She was in a terrible plight, as she had lost all her money.) knipe, forfatningIsubst. \/plaɪt\/ ( litterært)1) pant2) forpliktelse, høytidelig løfteIIsubst. \/plaɪt\/(spesielt vanskelig) tilstand, situasjonin a sorry plight i en sørgelig forfatning i store vanskeligheterIIIverb \/plaɪt\/forplikte (seg), love, sverge(be) plighted (være) bundet (være) festet, (være) forlovetplighted lovers trolovede, forlovedeplight oneself to ( gammeldags) binde seg til, skjenke sin tro tilplight one's word love høytidelig, gi sitt ord -
2 plight
nounNotlage, diehopeless/miserable plight — trostloser/jämmerlicher Zustand
* * *(a (bad) situation or state: She was in a terrible plight, as she had lost all her money.) die Notlage* * *[plaɪt]I. n Not[lage] fthe \plight of starving people die Not hungernder Menschento be in a dreadful/sad/sorry \plight in einer schrecklichen/traurigen/erbärmlichen Lage seinII. vtto \plight one's troth ( hum dated: get engaged) sich akk verloben, sich dat die Treue schwören veraltet; ( form: in marriage service) jdm die [ewige] Treue schwören* * *I [plaɪt]vt (liter)IInNot f, Elend nt; (of currency, economy etc) Verfall mto be in a sorry plight — in einem traurigen Zustand sein
* * *plight1 [plaıt] s unerfreulicher oder bedauernswerter Zustand, missliche Lage, Not-, Zwangslage f, Misere fplight2 [plaıt] besonders poetA v/t sein Wort verpfänden, Treue etc geloben:plight one’s word to do sth geloben, etwas zu tun;plight one’s troth das Eheversprechen gebenB s Gelöbnis n* * *nounNotlage, diehopeless/miserable plight — trostloser/jämmerlicher Zustand
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3 plight
[plaɪt]nome condizione f., situazione f. (difficile)* * *(a (bad) situation or state: She was in a terrible plight, as she had lost all her money.) situazione* * *plight (1) /plaɪt/n.condizione, situazione (spec. avversa, difficile); stato: a hopeless plight, una situazione disperata; to be in a sad (o sorry) plight, essere in uno stato pietoso; trovarsi a mal partito.plight (2) /plaɪt/n. (arc. o dial.)1 impegno; promessa2 fidanzamento.(to) plight /plaɪt/v. t.(form. o lett.) impegnare; dare ( la parola): to plight one's honour, impegnare il proprio onore; to plight one's word, dare la propria parola ( d'onore)● to plight oneself, impegnarsi; fidanzarsi □ to plight one's troth, impegnarsi; dare la propria parola; fidanzarsi.* * *[plaɪt]nome condizione f., situazione f. (difficile) -
4 desperate
adjective1) verzweifelt; (coll.): (urgent) dringendget or become desperate — verzweifeln
2) extrem [Maßnahmen, Lösung]3) verzweifelt [Lage, Situation]* * *['despərət]1) ((sometimes used loosely) despairingly reckless or violent: She was desperate to get into university; a desperate criminal.) verzweifelt2) (very bad or almost hopeless: We are in a desperate situation.) verzweifelt3) (urgent and despairing: He made a desperate appeal for help.) verzweifelt•- academic.ru/86118/desperately">desperately- desperation* * *des·per·ate[ˈdespərət]1. (reckless because of despair) verzweifelt\desperate attempt verzweifelter Versuch\desperate solution drastische LösungI'm in a \desperate hurry ich hab's wahnsinnig eilig famto be in \desperate need of help dringendst Hilfe brauchen\desperate poverty äußerste Armut\desperate situation verzweifelte Lageto be in \desperate straits in extremen Schwierigkeiten stecken fam▪ to be \desperate for sth etw dringendst brauchen* * *['despərIt]adj1) verzweifelt; criminal zum Äußersten entschlossen; measure, situation verzweifelt, extrem; solution extremdon't do anything desperate! — mach keine Dummheiten!
to get or grow desperate —
I haven't had a cigarette for hours, I'm getting desperate (inf) — ich habe schon seit Stunden keine mehr geraucht, jetzt brauche ich aber dringend eine
things are desperate — die Lage ist extrem
to be desperate to do sth — etw unbedingt tun wollen
to be desperate for sb to do sth — unbedingt wollen, dass jd etw tut
2) (= urgent) need, shortage dringendher desperate need to be liked — ihr verzweifeltes Bedürfnis, gemocht zu werden
a building in desperate need of repair — ein Gebäude, das dringend repariert werden muss
are you going out with Jane? you must be desperate! — du gehst mit Jane aus? dir muss es ja wirklich schlecht gehen!
I'm not that desperate! — so schlimm ist es auch wieder nicht!
* * *desperate [ˈdespərət]A adj (adv desperately)1. verzweifelt:a desperate deed eine Verzweiflungstat;a desperate effort eine verzweifelte Anstrengung;be desperate for sth, be in desperate need of sth etwas verzweifelt oder dringend oder bitter nötig haben;be desperate to do sth etwas unbedingt oder unter allen Umständen tun wollen3. heftig (Abneigung etc)4. umg furchtbar, schrecklichB adv umg:desperately ill etc schrecklich, äußerst, sehr* * *adjective1) verzweifelt; (coll.): (urgent) dringendget or become desperate — verzweifeln
2) extrem [Maßnahmen, Lösung]3) verzweifelt [Lage, Situation]* * *adj.verzweifelt adj.
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