| 单词 | stressed |
| 释义 | stressed (once / 2155 pages) 1adj 2adj Use stressed to describe emotional strain, like your stressed feeling before taking a test you know will be hard, or the overuse of your body, like a stressed tendon in your leg that hurts when you run. You probably know the adjective stressed as it is used to describe feelings of worry, pressure, and anxiety, like feeling stressed by all the work you have to do. But stressed isn't always so negative — it also means "emphasized" or "accented," like the stressed syllable in a long word or the stressed themes of a politician's speech. The word comes from a Latin root, strictus, "tight or compressed." WORD FAMILYstressed: unstressed+/overstress: overstressed, overstresses, overstressing/stress: overstress, stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing, stressor/stressful: stressfully/stressor: stressors USAGE EXAMPLESSmall and medium-sized fish swim upwards when stressed, whereas larger fish tend to swim downwards. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) “I stressed about not being there for Dominic,” she said. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Overall, experts stressed the need for transparency and communication on a range of issues that are now at a stalemate. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 adj suffering severe physical strain or distress 2Syn distressed troubled characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need adj bearing a stress or accent an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay' Syn|Ant accented emphasised, emphasized, emphatic spoken with emphasis masculine(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable unstressed not bearing a stress or accent feminine(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable light, unaccented, weak(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress unemphaticnot emphasized |
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