英语单词 | distress |
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英美音标 | 英 [dɪ'stres] 美 [dɪ'stres] |
中文释义 | n.不幸;危难;苦恼;痛苦 vt.使苦恼;使痛苦 |
英语例句 | (1) I pray that you will have pity on my distress. (2) They sent a distress rocket. (3) His wild behavior was a great distress to his mother. (4) What are you looking so distressed for? (5) The sick man showed signs of distress. (6) Two in distress make sorrow less. (7) Don't distress yourself about it. (8) He couldn't distress her with his own terrible dilemma. |
中文例句 | (1) 我请求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。 (2) 他们发出了一枚呼救信号火箭。 (3) 他的放荡的行为使他的母亲极为苦恼。 (4) 什么事情使你看起来如此烦恼? (5) 那个生病的男人表现出痛苦的迹象。 (6) 灾难二人共,痛苦可减轻。 (7) 别为那件事苦恼了。 (8) 他不能用自己糟糕的困境来折磨她。 |
vocabulary简明 | If you are in distress, you are in trouble. You're hurting — either physically or mentally. |
vocabulary扩展 | See the word stress hanging out at the end of distress? There's a good reason for that. The noun distress refers to a state of severe anxiety or strain, often brought about by failing to study for an exam, harassing grizzly bears, or borrowing your sister's clothes without asking. When used as a verb, to distress means to cause all that pain, suffering and anxiety — in other words, to stress somebody out. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]悲伤;痛苦;忧虑 Distress is a state of extreme sorrow, suffering, or pain.
2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]危难;危急;危险 Distress is the state of being in extreme danger and needing urgent help. [oft
3 [VERB 动词]使忧虑;使悲伤;使苦恼 If someone or something distresses you, they cause you to be upset or worried. [V n]
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