distress
音标发音
- 英式音标 [dɪˈstres]
- 美式音标 [dɪˈstrɛs]
- 国际音标 [di'stres]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.不幸;危难;苦恼;痛苦
- vt.使苦恼;使痛苦
词源解说
- 14世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自古法语的destresser,意为苦恼,悲痛。
词根记忆
- dis(分开) + tress(看作dress,衣服)→看到衣服睹物思人,悲从中来→悲伤
- dis(分开) + tress(看作dress,衣服)→分手后,看到衣服睹物思人→苦恼
- di(s)(加强) + stress(压力,紧张)→压倒→悲痛
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- distressed:痛苦的;忧虑的;贫困的;受损的。
- distressing:使痛苦的;悲伤的;使烦恼的。
- distressful:苦难重重的;使苦恼的;不幸的。
- adv性质的同根词
- distressingly:令人苦恼地;悲惨地。
- n性质的同根词
- distressing:破坏处理。
- v性质的同根词
- distressed:使痛苦;使紧张;使困苦(distress的过去分词)。
- distressing:使痛苦;迫使(distress的ing形式);使困苦。
用法辨析
- distress用作动词时的基本意思是“使痛苦,使忧伤”,指某些令人不愉快的事或消息使人心情低落,其后通常接表示人称的代词作宾语。
- distress的过去分词distressed常用作形容词,在句中作表语。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- Nothing could alleviate his distress.
什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。 - The news of his death distressed us greatly.
他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。 - We are distressed at your failure.
我们为你的失败感到难过。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
其他: ~ed as s-Compl.
词组短语
- ease distress 减轻痛苦
- prevent distress 避免贫穷
- financial distress 财务困境,财务危机;金融困顿
- terrible distress 十分痛苦
- in distress 遇难;在困境中
- to sb 's distress 令某人难过
- distress from thirst 干渴引起的难受
- distress deeply 非常难过
- distress needlessly 无忧自扰
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
形容词+~
介词+~
~+介词
用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
英英字典
- a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain
- to make someone feel very upset or worried
- Distress is a state of extreme sorrow, suffering, or pain.
- Distress is the state of being in extreme danger and needing urgent help.
- If someone or something distresses you, they cause you to be upset or worried.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 贫困
Investigation shows immigrants in centralized allocated district have long and universal distress in most of the fields.
调查发现,移民在集中安置区无论是生活、身体还是教育、技能等,都存在着长时间的比较普遍的贫困。 - 扣押货物
- 扣押物
- 被扣押财物
- 病害
For deformation distress in pavement such as rut, active and passive pavement rut depth detecting methods are put forward.
对车辙等变形类路面病害,提出了主动式路面车辙深度检测方法和被动式路面车辙深度检测方法。 - 不幸
- 苦难
During the war, saving the nation is doubtless the initial job of modern literary scholars. Most left-wing scholars among those hold deep affection for the distress of the nation.
战争时期,救亡无疑是新文人们的首要职责,以左翼文人为主的作家们对国家的苦难投以深情的凝视。管理学
- 苦恼
Belief in an unjust institution has direct effects on students’distress at school, and belief in a just institution has indirect effects on students’distress at school.
公正世界信念中的制度不公正和制度公正维度对中学生在校苦恼有着直接或间接的影响。 - 消极影响