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distress

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英 [dɪˈstres]
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  • 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)
    1. [U]悲痛,痛苦,忧伤,苦恼 great suffering of the mind or body; pain or great discomfort
    2. [C]贫困,窘迫 suffering caused by lack of money
    3. [C]危险,困难,危难 a state of danger or great difficulty
    v.(动词)
    1. 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"

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    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

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    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.)
    1. I pray that you will have pity on my distress.
      我请求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。
    2. 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。
    3. They sent a distress rocket.
      他们发出了一枚呼救信号火箭。
    4. 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。
    5. What are you looking so distressed for?
      什么事情使你看起来如此烦恼?
    6. The sick man showed signs of distress.
      那个生病的男人表现出痛苦的迹象。
    7. Two in distress make sorrow less.
      灾难二人共,痛苦可减轻。
    用作及物动词(vt.)
    1. Don't distress yourself about it.
      别为那件事苦恼了。
    2. 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 Syndrome
    Acute 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