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单词
distressing
释义
dis
tress
ing
/dɪˈstrɛsɪŋ
/
adjective
Causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting:
some very distressing news
...
She had a good point about speaking up in a distressing situation.
The remainder of their stay passed without distressing incidents.
The decisive No vote among the younger generation was distressing.
Derivatives
distressingly
/dɪˈstrɛsɪŋli
/
adverb
[
as submodifier
]
:
the pattern was distressingly familiar
...
Political conventions have become distressingly routine and disturbingly predictable.
This was the most distressingly unpleasant and humiliating experience of my life that didn't involve medical staff.
More distressingly the chemotherapy made her give off a particularly unpleasant odour.
Rhymes
blessing, dressing, Lessing, pressing, unprepossessing
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the beginning of the end
the benefit of the doubt
the Berg
the Bermudas
Thebes
the best-laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley
the best of both (or all possible) worlds
the best of three (or five etc.)
the best (or the pick) of the bunch
the best part of
the better part of
the better to ——
the betting is
the Bible
the Big Board
the big boys
the Big C
the Big Dipper
the big enchilada
the big five
the big idea
the big lie
the big (or bigger or larger) picture
the big screen
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