distress的中文翻译是什么意思

distress

US/dɪˈstres/
UK/dɪˈstres/

n. 悲伤,痛苦; 危险; 窘迫

v. 使忧虑,使悲伤,使苦恼

distress柯林斯释义

N-UNCOUNT悲伤;痛苦;忧虑

Distress is a state of extreme sorrow, suffering, or pain.

  • Jealousy causes distress and painful emotions.

    嫉妒会带来忧虑和痛苦。

  • Her mouth grew stiff with pain and distress.

    疼痛和悲伤让她嘴巴发僵。

N-UNCOUNT危难;危急;危险

Distress is the state of being in extreme danger and needing urgent help.

  • He expressed concern that the ship might be in distress.

    他担心船可能会遇险。

  • The constable received a distress call, and saw two youths attacking his colleague.

    这名警察收到了求救呼叫,看见两个年轻人正在殴打他的同事。

VERB使忧虑;使悲伤;使苦恼

If someone or something distresses you, they cause you to be upset or worried.

  • The idea of Toni being in danger distresses him enormously.

    想到托尼正处于危险中,他心急如焚。

  • I did not want to frighten or distress the horse.

    我并不想吓到马或惹怒它。

distress英文释义

Noun

1. psychological suffering;

  • the death of his wife caused him great distress

2. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need);

  • a ship in distress
  • she was the classic maiden in distress

3. extreme physical pain;

  • the patient appeared to be in distress

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

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

Verb

1. cause mental pain to;

  • The news of her child's illness distressed the mother

distress同义词辨析

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

这些名词均有"苦恼,痛苦"之意。

  • agony :侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • misery :着重痛苦的可悲状态,多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
  • 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。
  • sorrow :语气比grief弱,指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。

distress场景例句

Famine caused widespread distress.

饥荒引起了普遍的忧虑.

Nothing could alleviate his distress.

什么都不能减轻他的痛苦.

How can we prevent such distress?

我们怎样才能避免这种贫困?

Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.

政府应努力缓解贫困问题.

The causes of social distress include inadequate housing.

造成社会困境的原因包括住房不足.

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distress词性变形

distressesdistresseddistressing

distress反义词

n. 忧伤;贫困;危难

comfortconsolationreliefsolace

其他释义

reliefsolaceconsolationcomfort