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distressfully

/dih-stres-fuhl/US // dɪˈstrɛs fəl //

苦恼地,痛心疾首地,痛心地,痛苦地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing or involving distress: the distressful circumstances of poverty and sickness.
    • : full of, feeling, or indicating distress: a distressful cry.

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Examples

  • Hardly had he uttered these distressful exclamations when a prolonged note of melody caught his ear.

  • At the edge of a small field lying close to the road was a negro's cabin, and from that quarter came the dog's distressful outcry.

  • Half-way down the walk he paused, picked up a snail that had crawled out upon the distressful sand.

  • A cold dampness settled upon his forehead, his limbs trembled violently, and distressful sighs issued from his heaving breast.

  • Their distressful needs are in danger of being left aside in the pressure of other worthy appeals for aid.