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distress

/dih-stres/US // dɪˈstrɛs //UK // (dɪˈstrɛs) //

苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble: distress over his mother's illness.
    • : a state of extreme necessity or misfortune: After the stock market crash, he found himself in great financial distress.
    • : the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit.
    • : that which causes pain, suffering, trouble, danger, etc.: His willful disobedience was a distress to his parents.
    • : liability or exposure to pain, suffering, trouble, etc.; danger: a damsel in distress.
    • : Law. the legal seizure and detention of the goods of another as security or satisfaction for debt, etc.; the act of distraining.the thing seized in distraining.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat.
    • : caused by or indicative of distress or hardship: distress prices; distress borrowing.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to afflict with great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; trouble; worry; bother: It distresses Grandpa when you bring up the war.
    • : to subject to pressure, stress, or strain; embarrass or exhaust by strain: to be distressed by excessive work.
    • : to compel by pain or force of circumstances: Her faithlessness distressed him into ending their marriage.
    • : to dent, scratch, or stain so as to give an appearance of age: She used an old bicycle chain to distress the surface of the table before applying a deep stain.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpain, agony
Forms: distressed, distresses, distressing
Synonyms
ache疼痛,疼,痛痛,痛affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼anguish痛苦,痛楚,苦恼,痛苦的anxiety焦虑,忧虑,焦虑不安,担忧blues布鲁斯,蓝调,蓝光,蓝军care护理,照顾,关注,关心concern关注,关切,关注的问题,关注问题cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形dejection颓废,沮丧,拒绝,颓丧desolation荒凉,惆怅,荒芜,荒废disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意discomfort不舒服,不适,不舒服的感觉,不舒服的地方disquietude忐忑不安,忧虑,不安,烦躁dolor缺点,颜色,缺陷,缺点是embarrassment尴尬,窘迫,窘迫感,困窘grief悲痛,悲伤,哀伤,悲痛欲绝headache头疼的问题,头疼,头疼的事,头痛heartache心痛,心疼,心酸,心痛的感觉heartbreak心碎,伤心事,伤心,伤心欲绝irritation刺激性,刺激,刺激性的,恼怒malaise发热,发热症,发烧,发热病misery苦难,痛苦,悲哀,忧患mortification屈辱,屈辱感,堕落,屈辱的代价ordeal煎熬,磨难,折磨,苦难pang悸动,悸動,悸动的,悸动的心perplexity困惑,迷茫,迷惑,疑惑sadness悲伤,悲情,忧伤,悲哀shame耻辱,羞愧,羞辱,羞愧难当sorrow悲哀,悲痛,哀伤,悲伤stew焖烧,炖煮,炖菜,炖suffering痛苦,苦难,煎熬,苦痛throe悸动,喉咙,袅袅婷婷,袅袅torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒torture酷刑,拷问,折磨,酷刑问题trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作tribulation磨难,摩难,苦难,争论trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难twinge绞痛,绞绞痛,绞伤unhappiness不快乐,不愉快,不开心,不快乐的事vexation烦扰,烦心事,苦恼,烦躁visitation探访,探视,探望,拜访woe悲哀,哀伤,哀怨,悲哀的是worriment担心,担忧,烦恼,忧虑worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼wretchedness凄惨,悲哀,苦难,惨淡经营bad news坏消息,不好的消息,噩耗,噩耗传来unconsolability昏迷不醒,不易溶解性,不溶于水,昏迷
Antonyms
nounhardship, adversity
Forms: distressed, distresses, distressing
Synonyms
bummer讨厌的人,遗憾的是,讨厌鬼,遗憾calamity劫难,灾难,灾祸,灾情catastrophe灾难,浩劫,灾害,灾难性的crunch紧缩,缩紧,紧缩性,紧缩的destitution赤贫,穷困潦倒,穷困,贫穷difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重disaster灾难,灾害,灾祸,灾情downer下行者,坠落者,跌落者,跌宕起伏drag拖动,拖累,拖拽,拖曳exigency迫切性,紧迫性,迫切需求,危急情况indigence穷困潦倒,穷困,贫穷,贫困jam卡住,卡住了,卡纸,果酱misfortune厄运,祸患,不幸,祸害need需要,需,要,要有pickle泡菜,腌制,酱菜,腌菜pinch钳制,掐死,掐断,钳子poverty贫困,贫穷,贫困问题,穷困privation匮乏,隐私,私有化,匮乏性rigor严谨性,严谨,严密性,严格性scrape刮削,刮擦,刮刮乐,刮throe悸动,喉咙,袅袅婷婷,袅袅trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难vicissitude沧桑,沧桑感,沧海桑田,动荡want想,要,想要,希望bad luck坏运气,运气不好,厄运,运气不佳can of worms祸根,祸害,隐患,祸害无穷hard knocks硬碰硬,艰难的考验,艰难困苦,艰难的挑战hard time艰难时期,困难时期,艰难时刻,艰难的时期holy mess神圣的混乱,神圣的一塌糊涂,神圣混乱,神圣的烦恼hot water热水,热水器rotten luck烂运气,霉运,烂桃花,烂桃花运ticklish spot痒痒的地方,痒痒处,痛痒处,痒处tough break艰难的突破,艰难的休息时间,艰难的休息,艰难的休息日tough luck艰难的运气,运气不好的时候,运气不好的人unholy mess脏乱差,乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟,乱七八糟的事
verbworry, upset
Forms: distressed, distresses, distressing
Synonyms
afflict困扰,蹂躏,危害,牵连aggrieve委屈,委屈求全,加害者,委屈屈agonize苦恼,苦恼的是,苦恼的ail邮件bother困扰,麻烦,烦恼,烦扰break突破,休息,断裂,断bug错误,窃听器,虫子,臭虫depress压抑,沮丧,沮丧的,压抑的desolate荒凉,凄凉,荒凉的,荒芜discombobulate混淆视听,搞混了,混沌不清,混淆视听的情况下disquiet忧虑,烦躁不安,焦虑,不安disturb困扰,干扰,扰乱,骚扰dog犬,犬类,犬只,犬犬eat吃,食,吃了,吃东西get得到,获得,拿到,得grieve伤心,哀伤,哀悼,伤心欲绝harass骚扰,扰乱,骚扰他人,骚扰别人harry哈里,哈瑞,哈丽,海瑞hound猎犬,猎狗,走狗,走猎犬hurt伤害,负伤,伤痛,受伤的injure伤害,损伤,受伤,伤害了irk刺激,埃尔克,刺激性irritate刺激性,刺激,恼人的,烦人miff米夫,密夫,宓妃nag唠叨,唠唠叨叨,叨叨needle针,针刺,针头,针剂oppress压迫,欺压,镇压,压迫别人pain疼痛,痛苦,疼痛感,疼peeve讨厌的人,忌讳,讨厌,讨厌鬼perplex困惑,困扰,困扰的问题,疑惑pester纠缠,纠缠不休,纠缠不清,缠扰plague霍乱,瘟疫,困扰,大灾push推动,促进,推,推进rack机架,架,架子,架设sadden悲痛,悲哀,忧伤,悲痛欲绝strain应变,应力,应变能力,应变性strap带子,背带,绑带,捆绑带stress压力,压力大,压力过大torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒torture酷刑,拷问,折磨,酷刑问题trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难try尝试,试试,试试吧,试图vex呧呧的weigh衡量,称重,称量,秤量wound伤口,外伤,创伤,伤be on one's caseburn up烧毁,烧掉,烧毁了,燃烧起来do a number on折腾,弄死,杀了人,折磨get to到,到了,到场,到手give a hard time为难,难为情,难为你了,受罪make it tough for使其难以,使之难以,使得,使其难以承受nit-pickpick on选择,选中,挑选,择tick off勾出,打勾,勾销,勾选
Antonyms

Examples

  • Their failure to act was unacceptable and affected hundreds of thousands of people, which may have caused some anxiety and distress as a result.

  • Sometimes it’s even a sign that the tree is in distress, Aiello says.

  • It’s addressing the economic distress that I’ve seen growing up in very disenfranchised neighborhoods in Minneapolis.

  • Stay put, build a camp, signal your distress and wait for help.

  • Carrying a whistle in your survival kit can signal your distress to others, day or night, as long as you have breath to blow it.

  • Surely all this graphic talk of gastrointestinal distress is making you queasy.

  • After all, what says Christmas more than obligations, gastrointestinal distress, and insane dining companions?

  • I inherited the Arnold Family Thunder ThighsTM, which was a source of frequent teasing and distress for me as a child.

  • Not only, in the rarest of cases, where there a female lead in a blockbuster action movie, but the damsel in distress was a dude.

  • This workforce is being legalized at a time of unusual economic distress for the working class.

  • The look of distress had vanished, and his sincere eyes seemed to shine again with courage and with strength.

  • Her face wore a look of distress, almost of alarm; she kept her place, but her eyes gave Bernard a mute welcome.

  • Finally, his predicament became so awkward that an expression of distress crept into his face.

  • In fact, in two places some of our men cried out in distress that we were all lost.

  • It seemed quite the forlornest hope I had ever heard of, but Jack's distress was so acute that I hadn't the heart to refuse.