distress
n. 危难，不幸；贫困；悲痛
vt. 使悲痛；使贫困
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。
权威例句
Adult Respiratory-Distress SyndromeAcute respiratory distress in adults.
[Acute respiratory distress in adults]
Acute respiratory distress in adults. Lancet II:319-323
Editorial: Adult respiratory-distress syndrome.
Assessing symptom distress in cancer patients: the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory.
Methodological Issues Related to the Estimation of Financial Distress Prediction Models
How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: a study of women with early stage breast cancer.
Short forms to assess life quality and symptom distress for urinary incontinence in women: the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire and...
Early application of positive end-expiratory pressure in patients at risk for the adult respiratory-distress syndrome
distress (n.)
late 13c., "circumstance that causes anxiety or hardship," from Old French destresse, from Vulgar Latin *districtia "restraint, affliction, narrowness, distress," from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere "draw apart, hinder," also, in Medieval Latin "compel, coerce," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + stringere "draw tight, press together" (see strain (v.)). Meaning "anguish, suffering; grief" is from c. 1300.
distress (v.)
late 14c., from Old French destresser, from Vulgar Latin *districtiare (see distress (n.)). Related: Distressed; distressing.
1. He had no right to abandon his Commander-In-Chief in distress.
他无权置他的总司令于危难之中而不顾。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. He bore his parents no grudge in this hour of distress.
在这种进退两难的时刻，他对自己的父母也毫无怨言。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. Her evident distress touched him.
她显然很痛苦,这使他有所触动。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. Elinor forgot the immediate distress of her sister.
埃莉诺忘记了妹妹当前的苦恼。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. Distress or seizure of property was the mode of satisfaction for breach of contract.
扣押或占有财产是对违反合同而获取补偿的一种方法。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. An Athenian never forsook distress.
一个雅典人从来不会见难不救的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. I pray that you will have pity on my distress.
我请求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. In this distress, the mate of our vessel lays hold of the boat.
在这种危急万状的时候，我们的大副抓住那只小艇。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. Even in her distress, she observed that men looked keenly at her.
虽然她心情很痛苦，她还是留意到男人们在用锐利的目光盯着她望。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. Undo is the facility traditionally thought of as the rescuer of users in distress; the knight in shining armor; the cavalry galloping over the ridge; the superhero swooping in at the last second.
传统上，人们认为撤销是用来对困境中的人们进行营救的。 是穿着闪耀盔甲的武士，在山脊上飞驰的骑兵，在最后一刻突然出现的超级英雄。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
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