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

distress

/dɪˈstrɛs

noun [mass noun]

1Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain: to his distress he saw that she was trembling her fingers flew to her throat in distress...

Considerable social stigma is associated with infection, which may cause psychological distress in the sufferer.
Caring for people experiencing mental distress is often complex and challenging.
They say that the school didn't protect her and that she's suffering emotional distress.

Synonyms

anguish, suffering, pain, agony, ache, affliction, torment, torture, discomfort, heartache, heartbreak;

misery, wretchedness, sorrow, grief, woe, sadness, unhappiness, desolation, despair;

trouble, worry, anxiety, perturbation, uneasiness, disquiet, angst

1.1The state of a ship or aircraft when in danger or difficulty and needing help: vessels in distress on or near the coast [as modifier]: a distress call...

Three Kingfisher pilots searching for ships in distress radioed they had spotted life rafts in the stormy Atlantic.
Tasks undertaken have included searches, medical evacuations, and providing aid to ships and boats in distress.
Aaron continued telling anyone who was listening how the freighter ship Charybdis was in distress.

Synonyms

danger, peril, difficulty, trouble, jeopardy, risk, hazard, endangerment, imperilment;

insecurity, instability, precariousness

1.2Difficulty caused by lack of money: a company in financial distress...

A National Grid spokesman said today that the company did not wish to cause any distress or financial hardship to Mrs Craven.
By one estimate, medical expenses are the primary cause of financial distress for 40 percent of those struggling to hold on to their homes.
It also noted that another operational consequence of BWIA's financial distress was the long delay in regaining Category 1 status.

Synonyms

hardship, adversity, tribulation, misfortune, ill/bad luck, trouble, calamity;

poverty, deprivation, privation, destitution, indigence, impoverishment, penury, need, want, lack, beggary, dire straits

1.3 Medicine A state of physical strain, especially difficulty in breathing: they said the baby was in distress...

No significant differences between the various groups were found when the incidence of acute fetal distress was analyzed.
Researchers first assumed startles were needed to arouse an infant beginning to experience respiratory distress.
Additional and more serious symptoms include eye infections, acute respiratory distress, and pneumonia.

2 Law another term for distraint.On 22nd July 2003 the father employed bailiffs to levy distress on Ash Waste in respect of £2,857 allegedly owed as rent....

W. Toronto changed locks and posted bailiff notice of distress.
Payments were not made under the LO and bailiffs were instructed to levy distress but were unsuccessful.

verb [with object]

1Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain: I didn’t mean to distress you please don’t distress yourself...

Lt. Col. Patterson said he was distressed at the news.
I was distressed by this news; if not at Yale, then where?
As a resident of Alastrean House in Aberdeenshire, I am distressed by the recent news that the house is threatened with closure.

Synonyms

cause anguish to, cause suffering to, pain, upset, make miserable, make wretched;

grieve, sadden;

trouble, worry, bother, arouse anxiety in, perturb, disturb, disquiet, agitate, vex, harrow, torment, torture, afflict, rack, curse, oppress, plague, dog

informal cut up

upsetting, worrying, affecting, painful, traumatic, agonizing, harrowing, tormenting;

sad, saddening, pitiful, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tragic, haunting;

disturbing, concerning, unsettling, disquieting;

shocking, alarming

informal gut-wrenching

rare distressful

2Give (furniture or clothing) simulated marks of age and wear: the manner in which leather jackets are industrially distressed...

So, I hereby grant you permission to paint that table, to distress it, to weather it, to paint it pink and stencil flowers around the edge if that pleases you.
The surface of the table has become distressed by time. There would be no space beneath such a thing to languish.
I use anything that is available to create a texture, make a mark, reflect light, distress the surface, etc.

Synonyms

age, season, condition, mellow, weather, simulate age in;

damage, spoil, dent, scratch, chip, batter

Derivatives

distressful

/dɪˈstrɛsfʊl

/ /dɪˈstrɛsf(ə)l

/ adjective ...

In this stage, the patient uses the distressful affect to change the relevant contingencies.
Why should we make someone lead a painful and distressful life?
No one's life is free of distressful experiences and trauma.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French destresce (noun), destrecier (verb), based on Latin distringere 'stretch apart'.

district from early 17th century:
A district was originally the territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. The word is from French, from medieval Latin districtus which meant ‘the constraining and restraining of offenders’ indicating the right to administer justice in a given area. It goes back to Latin distringere ‘hinder, detain’, found also in distress (Middle English), and its shortened form stress (Middle English).

单词	distress
释义	distress /dɪˈstrɛs / noun [mass noun] 1Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain: to his distress he saw that she was trembling her fingers flew to her throat in distress... Considerable social stigma is associated with infection, which may cause psychological distress in the sufferer. Caring for people experiencing mental distress is often complex and challenging. They say that the school didn't protect her and that she's suffering emotional distress. Synonyms anguish, suffering, pain, agony, ache, affliction, torment, torture, discomfort, heartache, heartbreak; misery, wretchedness, sorrow, grief, woe, sadness, unhappiness, desolation, despair; trouble, worry, anxiety, perturbation, uneasiness, disquiet, angst 1.1The state of a ship or aircraft when in danger or difficulty and needing help: vessels in distress* on or near the coast* [as modifier]: a distress call... Three Kingfisher pilots searching for ships in distress radioed they had spotted life rafts in the stormy Atlantic. Tasks undertaken have included searches, medical evacuations, and providing aid to ships and boats in distress. Aaron continued telling anyone who was listening how the freighter ship Charybdis was in distress. Synonyms danger, peril, difficulty, trouble, jeopardy, risk, hazard, endangerment, imperilment; insecurity, instability, precariousness 1.2Difficulty caused by lack of money: a company in financial distress... A National Grid spokesman said today that the company did not wish to cause any distress or financial hardship to Mrs Craven. By one estimate, medical expenses are the primary cause of financial distress for 40 percent of those struggling to hold on to their homes. It also noted that another operational consequence of BWIA's financial distress was the long delay in regaining Category 1 status. Synonyms hardship, adversity, tribulation, misfortune, ill/bad luck, trouble, calamity; poverty, deprivation, privation, destitution, indigence, impoverishment, penury, need, want, lack, beggary, dire straits 1.3 Medicine A state of physical strain, especially difficulty in breathing: they said the baby was in distress... No significant differences between the various groups were found when the incidence of acute fetal distress was analyzed. Researchers first assumed startles were needed to arouse an infant beginning to experience respiratory distress. Additional and more serious symptoms include eye infections, acute respiratory distress, and pneumonia. 2 Law another term for distraint.On 22nd July 2003 the father employed bailiffs to levy distress on Ash Waste in respect of £2,857 allegedly owed as rent.... W. Toronto changed locks and posted bailiff notice of distress. Payments were not made under the LO and bailiffs were instructed to levy distress but were unsuccessful. verb [with object] 1Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain: I didn’t mean to distress you please don’t distress yourself... Lt. Col. Patterson said he was distressed at the news. I was distressed by this news; if not at Yale, then where? As a resident of Alastrean House in Aberdeenshire, I am distressed by the recent news that the house is threatened with closure. Synonyms cause anguish to, cause suffering to, pain, upset, make miserable, make wretched; grieve, sadden; trouble, worry, bother, arouse anxiety in, perturb, disturb, disquiet, agitate, vex, harrow, torment, torture, afflict, rack, curse, oppress, plague, dog informal cut up upsetting, worrying, affecting, painful, traumatic, agonizing, harrowing, tormenting; sad, saddening, pitiful, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tragic, haunting; disturbing, concerning, unsettling, disquieting; shocking, alarming informal gut-wrenching rare distressful 2Give (furniture or clothing) simulated marks of age and wear: the manner in which leather jackets are industrially distressed... So, I hereby grant you permission to paint that table, to distress it, to weather it, to paint it pink and stencil flowers around the edge if that pleases you. The surface of the table has become distressed by time. There would be no space beneath such a thing to languish. I use anything that is available to create a texture, make a mark, reflect light, distress the surface, etc. Synonyms age, season, condition, mellow, weather, simulate age in; damage, spoil, dent, scratch, chip, batter Derivatives distressful /dɪˈstrɛsfʊl / /dɪˈstrɛsf(ə)l / adjective ... In this stage, the patient uses the distressful affect to change the relevant contingencies. Why should we make someone lead a painful and distressful life? No one's life is free of distressful experiences and trauma. Origin Middle English: from Old French destresce (noun), destrecier (verb), based on Latin distringere 'stretch apart'. district from early 17th century: A district was originally the territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. The word is from French, from medieval Latin districtus which meant ‘the constraining and restraining of offenders’ indicating the right to administer justice in a given area. It goes back to Latin distringere ‘hinder, detain’, found also in distress (Middle English), and its shortened form stress (Middle English).
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