distress
distress 英 [dɪˈstres] 美 [dɪˈstrɛs]
n. 痛苦，困苦 vt. 使痛苦
进行时:distressing 过去式:distressed 过去分词:distressed 第三人称单数:distresses 名词复数:distresses
- If you are in distress, you are in trouble. You're hurting — either physically or mentally.
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- n. 痛苦，困苦
- vt. 使痛苦
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1. She was obviously in distress after the attack.
她受到攻击后显然很痛苦。
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2. deep emotional distress
感情上的深深痛苦
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3. economic distress, financial distress
经济拮据；财政困难
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4. a distress signal
求救信号
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5. It was clear that the letter had deeply distressed her.
这封信显然使她极为悲伤。
- 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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