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Latin Distress French Vulgar Draw 5249.Distress 英 Dɪ'Stres]美

正面 5249.distress
英 [dɪ'stres]美 [dɪ'strɛs]

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释义:
n. 危难,不幸;贫困;悲痛vt. 使悲痛;使贫困
例句:
1. He keeps coming to the aid of this damsel in distress.他不断出手相助这位落难女子。

1. 根据词源含义,有点像五马分尸的感觉。2. 就像精神分裂一样。
distress 忧虑,悲伤dis-, 分开。-str, 拉,拉紧,词源同strict, stress. 即拉紧,紧张,忧虑,悲伤。
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."

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