vt.帮助，裨益

be ill bestead → 困境
be sore bestead → 困境

1. Her thin dress did little to bestead her against the chill north wind.
[汉]她那件薄薄的衣裳对于防御寒冷的北风没有多少帮助.
——来自《现代英汉综合大词典》