distress

distress读音音标

英 [dɪˈstres]

美 [dɪˈstrɛs]

distress意思解释

n.

悲痛；

危难，不幸；

贫困；

[法]扣押财物

vt.

使痛苦，使忧伤；

[法]扣押（财物）；

使贫困；

变形

复数：distresses

过去式：distressed

过去分词：distressed

现在分词：distressing

第三人称单数：distresses

双语释义

n.(名词)

[U]悲痛,痛苦,忧伤,苦恼 great suffering of the mind or body; pain or great discomfort[C]贫困,窘迫 suffering caused by lack of money[C]危险,困难,危难 a state of danger or great difficulty

v.(动词)

vt. 使痛苦,使忧伤 cause distress to

英英释义

distress

[ di\'stres ]

n.

psychological suffering

\"the death of his wife caused him great distress\"

同义词：hurtsuffering

a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

\"a ship in distress\"; \"she was the classic maiden in distress\"

extreme physical pain

\"the patient appeared to be in distress\"

the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

\"Originally distress was a landlord\'s remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord\'s lien\"

同义词：distraint

v.

cause mental pain to

\"The news of her child\'s illness distressed the mother\"

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～ease distress减轻痛苦prevent distress避免贫穷形容词+～financial distress财政困境terrible distress十分痛苦介词+～in distress遇险to sb\'s distress令某人难过～+介词distress from thirst干渴引起的难受用作动词 (v.)～+副词distress deeply非常难过distress needlessly无忧自扰～+介词distress about为…而难过distress with为…而发愁

词组短语

in distress

遇难；在困境中

financial distress

财务困境，财务危机；金融困顿

respiratory distress

[医]呼吸窘迫

respiratory distress syndrome

呼吸窘迫综合征

fetal distress

胎儿宫内窒息，胎儿窘迫

mental distress

精神苦闷，精神上的痛苦

distress signal

呼救信号；遇难信号

distress call

遇险信号；求救呼号

chest distress

胸闷

adult respiratory distress syndrome

成人呼吸窘迫综合征

同近义词辨析

sorrow, agony, grief, anguish, torment, distress, misery, torture

这组词都有“苦恼、痛苦”的意思，其区别是：

sorrow

语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。

agony

侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。

grief

指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。

anguish

指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦；用于身体时，多指局部或暂时的痛苦。

torment

强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。

distress

多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。

misery

着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。

torture

语气比toment强，指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)I pray that you will have pity on my distress.我请求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。I gripe more from habit than from genuine distress.我抱怨是出于我的习惯，并非遭遇真正的不幸。They sent a distress rocket.他们发出了一枚呼救信号火箭。His wild behavior was a great distress to his mother.他的放荡的行为使他的母亲极为苦恼。What are you looking so distressed for?什么事情使你看起来如此烦恼？The sick man showed signs of distress.那个生病的男人表现出痛苦的迹象。Two in distress make sorrow less.灾难二人共，痛苦可减轻。用作及物动词(vt.)Don\'t distress yourself about it.别为那件事苦恼了。He couldn\'t distress her with his own terrible dilemma.他不能用自己糟糕的困境来折磨她。