The plight of the famine victims commands everyone's sympathy.
饥民的苦境值得大家同情.
The television pictures brought home to us all the plight of the refugees.
我们从电视上知道了难民所处的一切困境.
The Government seems to be closing its eyes to the plight of the unemployed.
政府似乎对失业者的困境熟视无睹.