英语词汇“stressful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

It was a stressful time for the whole family.
Keeping the whole thing a secret is obviously very stressful for her.
Looking after small children can be very stressful.
What's the most stressful aspect of your job?

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

For many people a confrontation may be too stressful and uncomfortable.
Hotel managers must be able to get along with all kinds of people, even in stressful situations.
It starts with, who do I call, and becomes very complex and very stressful.
Often they result from particularly stressful circumstances but they may simply be a moment of carelessness.
Relationships grow stressful when managers and subordinates bump elbows, so to speak within the same frame of reference.
Representatives from out-patient teams played a more active part in stressful daily decisions about child care management.
Together with Feeley and Lleland-Clanahan arrived shortly-we watched the events of that stressful day unfold on television.

Longman Language Activatormaking you feel worried► worrying

also worrisome American · The possibility that I might lose my job is very worrying.· It must have been a worrying time for you.it's worrying that/when etc · It's always a little worrisome when a company is praised for making a smaller loss than expected.· a worrying upsurge in violence

► stressful

a stressful job or situation makes you feel worried and tired all the time, for example because you have too many problems or too much work to do: · Looking after small children can be very stressful.· What's the most stressful aspect of your job?· It was a stressful time for the whole family.

► anxious

: anxious time/wait/hours etc a time during which you feel worried and nervous, because the situation is dangerous and you do not know what is going to happen: · For one anxious moment, I thought the rope was going to break.· After an anxious wait, Audrey was told her father had died. · In the anxious days that followed, Henry tried to keep his mind off his results.

► alarming

changing or increasing in a way that is worrying and frightening: · Even more alarming is the increase in child porn sites on the Internet.· an alarming rise in crimeit's alarming that/when etc: · It's alarming to think how many people are at risk.alarming rate/number: · The epidemic is spreading at an alarming rate.· There are no easy answers to the alarming number of mass killings taking place in our cities.in alarming numbers: · The young girls she treats in alarming numbers are the victims of broken homes and parental neglect.at an alarming rate: · Agricultural open space is disappearing at an alarming rate.with alarming frequency/regularity: · Baggage seems to go missing with alarming frequency on these flights.

► tense

a situation or time that is tense makes you feel worried and nervous that something bad might happen at any time: · The atmosphere in the waiting room was extremely tense.· In the program, the hostages re-live the tense days they spent under guard in East Africa.· In the tense silence that followed, the boys fidgeted uneasily.tense face/expression etc: · Her tone was anxious now, her face tense.

► niggling

: niggling feeling/worry/doubt etc something that continues to worry you, even though you do not really want to think about it: · The suspect seemed to have proved his innocence, but a niggling doubt remained in my mind.· I couldn't shake off a niggling worry. Had I forgotten to lock the office door?

► alarmist

making people worried about dangers that do not really exist: · I do not wish to be alarmist, but the situation in the region is worse than it has been in many months.· The ambassador dismissed these views as excessively alarmist.· alarmist propaganda

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a stressful lifestyle

· A stressful lifestyle may lead to a number of medical problems.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► less

· Pond remedies are invariably less stressful to fish, as they do not have to be netted out individually.· How could a longer ride be less stressful than a shorter one?· I deduce a mental breakdown, remedial retirement and a less stressful job among the daffodils.· If they can do so before conception, the period of pregnancy will be much less stressful.

► more

· Social services stormed in Hollywood-style and made the whole incident 20 times more stressful than it had to be.· At this time the father, however, was in a more stressful situation at work.· Women have been conditioned to believe that men's work is harder and more stressful than theirs, which is a con.· For others, issues of separation from parents make the longer day seem even more stressful.· The situation is made more stressful for workers by being given impossibly high targets as an attempt to increase motivation.

► very

· It starts with, who do I call, and becomes very complex and very stressful.· The emptiness can be devastating and very stressful.· It has been a very stressful period for anybody trying to launch a mine.· Female speaker Students coming to Oxford and Cambridge find it very stressful.· If all goes smoothly, we can get the drug in about two weeks, but life becomes very stressful.· It can be very stressful, especially as we are so short staffed.· It was a very stressful incident.

NOUN► event

· Relapse of florid symptoms and possibly their first onset can be precipitated by stressful events.· Social scientists have devised a check-list of stressful events, weighted according to how serious they are.· Among the discoveries made in psychoneuroimmunology is that stressful events can make the immune cells far less responsive to infection.

► situation

· Identifying stressful situations Your child or teenager may find the following method helpful.· At this time the father, however, was in a more stressful situation at work.· Perhaps worst of all, there are those stressful situations where one is accustomed to turn to tobacco for support.· Hotel managers must be able to get along with all kinds of people, even in stressful situations.· Corals and anemones are sensitive creatures and react to any stressful situation by closing down to avoid the cause of their stress.· Researchers have found that people rely upon their experience to help them understand and cope with new or stressful situations.· This may be a very nice judgment to make in a stressful situation. 2.· In fact, some people even manage to thrive in potentially stressful situations.

WORD FAMILYadjectivestressedstressfulnounstressverbstress

单词	stressful
释义	stressfulstress‧ful /ˈstresfəl/ ●○○ AWL adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES It was a stressful time for the whole family. Keeping the whole thing a secret is obviously very stressful for her. Looking after small children can be very stressful. What's the most stressful aspect of your job? EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS For many people a confrontation may be too stressful and uncomfortable. Hotel managers must be able to get along with all kinds of people, even in stressful situations. It starts with, who do I call, and becomes very complex and very stressful. Often they result from particularly stressful circumstances but they may simply be a moment of carelessness. Relationships grow stressful when managers and subordinates bump elbows, so to speak within the same frame of reference. Representatives from out-patient teams played a more active part in stressful daily decisions about child care management. Together with Feeley and Lleland-Clanahan arrived shortly-we watched the events of that stressful day unfold on television. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatormaking you feel worried► worrying also worrisome American · The possibility that I might lose my job is very worrying.· It must have been a worrying time for you.it's worrying that/when etc · It's always a little worrisome when a company is praised for making a smaller loss than expected.· a worrying upsurge in violence ► stressful a stressful job or situation makes you feel worried and tired all the time, for example because you have too many problems or too much work to do: · Looking after small children can be very stressful.· What's the most stressful aspect of your job?· It was a stressful time for the whole family. ► anxious : anxious time/wait/hours etc a time during which you feel worried and nervous, because the situation is dangerous and you do not know what is going to happen: · For one anxious moment, I thought the rope was going to break.· After an anxious wait, Audrey was told her father had died. · In the anxious days that followed, Henry tried to keep his mind off his results. ► alarming changing or increasing in a way that is worrying and frightening: · Even more alarming is the increase in child porn sites on the Internet.· an alarming rise in crimeit's alarming that/when etc: · It's alarming to think how many people are at risk.alarming rate/number: · The epidemic is spreading at an alarming rate.· There are no easy answers to the alarming number of mass killings taking place in our cities.in alarming numbers: · The young girls she treats in alarming numbers are the victims of broken homes and parental neglect.at an alarming rate: · Agricultural open space is disappearing at an alarming rate.with alarming frequency/regularity: · Baggage seems to go missing with alarming frequency on these flights. ► tense a situation or time that is tense makes you feel worried and nervous that something bad might happen at any time: · The atmosphere in the waiting room was extremely tense.· In the program, the hostages re-live the tense days they spent under guard in East Africa.· In the tense silence that followed, the boys fidgeted uneasily.tense face/expression etc: · Her tone was anxious now, her face tense. ► niggling : niggling feeling/worry/doubt etc something that continues to worry you, even though you do not really want to think about it: · The suspect seemed to have proved his innocence, but a niggling doubt remained in my mind.· I couldn't shake off a niggling worry. Had I forgotten to lock the office door? ► alarmist making people worried about dangers that do not really exist: · I do not wish to be alarmist, but the situation in the region is worse than it has been in many months.· The ambassador dismissed these views as excessively alarmist.· alarmist propaganda Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a stressful lifestyle · A stressful lifestyle may lead to a number of medical problems. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► less · Pond remedies are invariably less stressful to fish, as they do not have to be netted out individually.· How could a longer ride be less stressful than a shorter one?· I deduce a mental breakdown, remedial retirement and a less stressful job among the daffodils.· If they can do so before conception, the period of pregnancy will be much less stressful. ► more · Social services stormed in Hollywood-style and made the whole incident 20 times more stressful than it had to be.· At this time the father, however, was in a more stressful situation at work.· Women have been conditioned to believe that men's work is harder and more stressful than theirs, which is a con.· For others, issues of separation from parents make the longer day seem even more stressful.· The situation is made more stressful for workers by being given impossibly high targets as an attempt to increase motivation. ► very · It starts with, who do I call, and becomes very complex and very stressful.· The emptiness can be devastating and very stressful.· It has been a very stressful period for anybody trying to launch a mine.· Female speaker Students coming to Oxford and Cambridge find it very stressful.· If all goes smoothly, we can get the drug in about two weeks, but life becomes very stressful.· It can be very stressful, especially as we are so short staffed.· It was a very stressful incident. NOUN► event · Relapse of florid symptoms and possibly their first onset can be precipitated by stressful events.· Social scientists have devised a check-list of stressful events, weighted according to how serious they are.· Among the discoveries made in psychoneuroimmunology is that stressful events can make the immune cells far less responsive to infection. ► situation · Identifying stressful situations Your child or teenager may find the following method helpful.· At this time the father, however, was in a more stressful situation at work.· Perhaps worst of all, there are those stressful situations where one is accustomed to turn to tobacco for support.· Hotel managers must be able to get along with all kinds of people, even in stressful situations.· Corals and anemones are sensitive creatures and react to any stressful situation by closing down to avoid the cause of their stress.· Researchers have found that people rely upon their experience to help them understand and cope with new or stressful situations.· This may be a very nice judgment to make in a stressful situation. 2.· In fact, some people even manage to thrive in potentially stressful situations. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectivestressedstressfulnounstressverbstress a job, experience, or situation that is stressful makes you worry a lot: Moving to a new house is a very stressful experience.
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