distress

Word family

dis·tress1 /dɪˈstres/ noun [uncountableU]

1 EXTREME WORRYUPSETa feeling of extreme unhappiness 憂慮，苦惱，悲傷

Luke’s behaviour caused his parents great distress.

盧克的行爲使他的父母深感憂慮。

in distress

The girl was crying and clearly in distress.

那女孩哭着，顯然很悲傷。

2 LACK OF MONEY/FOODPOORsuffering and problems caused by a lack of money, food etc 貧困，困苦

acute financial distress

嚴重的財務困難

in distress

charities that aid families in distress

救助貧困家庭的慈善機構

3. PAIN formal great physical pain 〔肉體的〕劇痛

4 a situation when a ship, aircraft etc is in danger and needs help 〔船、飛機等的〕遇難，遇險

We picked up a distress signal 6 km away.

我們收到六公裏外發出的遇難信號。

in distress

The ship is in distress.

船遇險了。

Examples from the Corpus

distress• Symptoms of panic attacks can include chest pain and abdominal distress.• It is imperative that these claims are dealt with discreetly to avoid any distress to the deceased's relatives.• The Home Office tried to ban the interview on the grounds it might cause distress to relatives of Nilsen's victims.• Breaking of a habit, or the disruption of a routine, can cause the horse considerable distress.• Children suffer emotional distress when their parents divorce.• The long railway journey added to his distress.• Edwards's uncle Joseph Hawley in distress searched his soul until the devil sent a despairing thought.• The sun became relentlessly hot, adding dehydration to my distress.• Social distress - a restricted, inadequate or disturbed individual whose social performance is in some way leading to personal difficulties.• They had the effect of diminishing the force of the decree, to the distress of non-Catholic observers.

in distress• The girl was crying and clearly in distress.• The Family Shelter meets the needs of families in distress.

distress signal• Even if the means could be found, there were reasons why they might never attempt to beam a distress signal into space.• On a given distress signal from him, or from anyone close to him, I was to post them off.• Failing all this, raising and lowering your outstretched arms at your side is an accepted international distress signal.• They act like linguistic distress signals.

distress2 verb [transitiveT]

UPSETto make someone feel very upset 使傷心，使不安，使憂慮

The dream had distressed her greatly.

這場夢使她深感不安。

Examples from the Corpus

distress• The number of young men who called asking for Marie distressed her mother.• It distressed him to see Susie cry.• The prospect of a painful death distresses most people.

From Longman Business Dictionary

distressdis·tress /dɪˈstres/ noun [uncountableU]

LAW when someone’s goods are taken with the permission of a court of law so that they can be sold to pay unpaid rent, bills etc

The corporation had a power of absolute and immediate distress in the event of non-payment of dues.

Origin distress1

(1200-1300) Old French destresse, from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere “to pull apart, prevent from acting or leaving”

dis·tress1 noundistress2 verb

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

🔍 牛津詞典🔍 朗文詞典 🎯🔍 劍橋詞典🔍 柯林斯詞典🔍 麥美倫詞典🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)

最近搜尋：

distress

🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)