一、詳細釋義:


n.

憂慮,悲傷,痛苦 [U]


例句:

Famine caused widespread distress.

饑荒引起了普遍的憂慮。


例句:

Jealousy causes distress and painful emotions.

嫉妒會帶來憂慮和痛苦。


貧困,窘迫,困苦 [U]


例句:

Distress everywhere inclines the labourer to listen with eagerness to agitators.

遍地的貧困會使工人如饑似渴地傾聽煽動者講話。


例句:

The widow was in distress.

那個寡婦十分貧困。


(船、飛機等)遇難,遇險 [U]


例句:

The life boat went out to a ship in distress.

救生船去救一艘遇難船只。


例句:

What are the coordinates of the ship in distress ?

遇難船只的正確位置在哪里?


v.

使憂慮,使悲傷,使苦惱 [T]


例句:

The idea of Toni being in danger distresses him enormously.

想到托尼正處于危險中,他心急如焚。


例句:

I did not want to frighten or distress the horse.

我并不想嚇到馬或惹怒它。


二、詞義辨析:


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

這些名詞均有“苦惱、痛苦”之意。 agony側(cè)重指精神或身體痛苦的劇烈程度。 anguish指精神方面令人難以忍受的極度痛苦;用于身體時,多指局部或暫時的痛苦。 torment強調(diào)煩惱或痛苦的長期性。 torture語氣比toment強,指在精神或肉體上受到的折磨所產(chǎn)生的痛苦。 grief指由某種特殊處境或原因造成的強烈的感情上的苦惱與悲痛。 misery著重痛苦的可悲狀態(tài),多含不幸、可憐或悲哀的意味。 distress多指因思想上的壓力緊張、恐懼、憂慮等所引起的精神上的痛苦,也可指某種災(zāi)難帶來的痛苦。 sorrow語氣比grief弱,指因不幸、損失或失望等所產(chǎn)生的悲傷。


三、相關(guān)短語:


distress call

n.遇險信號,求救呼號


distress signal

遇難信號,呼救信號


fetal distress

胎兒宮內(nèi)窒息,胎兒窘迫


respiratory distress syndrome

呼吸困難綜合征


四、參考例句:


Famine caused widespread distress.

饑荒引起了普遍的憂慮。


They fired three distress signals.

他們發(fā)射了3次求救信號。


Two in distress makes sorrow less.

同病相憐,同憂相救。


Jealousy causes distress and painful emotions.

嫉妒會帶來憂慮和痛苦。


Intentionally frayed or distressed jeans distress him.

故意磨損或顏色黯淡的牛仔褲會讓他很苦惱。


The constable received a distress call.

治安官接到了一個求救電話。


This can lead to significant distress, but have no fear!

這可能導致巨大的壓力,但是不要害怕!


The fund is for relieving distress among the flood victims.

這筆款項是用于解救洪水災(zāi)民的困苦的。


The crew did not?send?out any distress signals.

機組人員沒有發(fā)出任何求救信號。


Her death was a great distress to all the family.

她去世后全家人極為悲痛。