Distress
[ dɪ'strɛs ]
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n. 悲痛;危难，不幸;贫困;[法]扣押财物;
vt. 使痛苦，使忧伤;[法]扣押（财物）;使贫困;
💡 词根助记
di(apart)+stress(draw tight)→使痛苦；迫使；痛苦；忧愁；穷困
📝 例句
An Athenian never forsook distress.
一个雅典人从来不会见难不救的。
I pray that you will have pity on my distress.
我请求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。
Arthur's visits caused him more distress than pleasure.
亚瑟的来访给他带来更多的痛苦,而不是愉快。
Her evident distress touched him.
她显然很痛苦,这使他有所触动。
In this distress, the mate of our vessel lays hold of the boat.
在这种危急万状的时候，我们的大副抓住那只小艇。
🌱 联想助记
【串】actress(女演员)扮演一位distress(悲痛)的mistress(女主人)
【记】※谐音“弟死踹死”:弟弟被踹死,妈妈很苦恼
※ di-拼音“弟”,stress-压力:弟有精神压力,内心痛苦有谁知
※ di-前缀“二、两倍”,stress-压力:承受两倍压力的人定感到悲痛和悲伤
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-strict-表示“拉紧”
常见变体有-stress-、-strain-、-string-
📖 牛津释义
distress
n
1
(a) [U, sing]
(cause of) great pain, sorrow, suffering, etc 极大的痛苦、 悲伤、 苦难等（的缘由）
Towards the end of the marathon several runners showed signs of distress. 马拉松赛接近终点时, 有些参赛者显出极难受的样子.
Her death was a great distress to all the family. 她去世後全家人极为悲痛.
(b) [U] (suffering caused by) lack of money, food, etc 贫困; 困苦
The Government acted quickly to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake. 地震造成广泛地区的灾难, 政府迅速采取行动赈济灾民.
2 [U] state of being in danger or difficulty and requiring help 危难; 困境
a ship in di`stress 遇险的船
[attrib 作定语]
a di`stress signal/call/flag 呼救信号[求救呼叫/遇难信号旗].
3 (idm 习语) a damsel in distress => damsel.
distress v [Tn usu passive 通常用於被动语态]
cause distress to (sb/sth) 给（某人[某事物]）带来痛苦、 悲伤、 苦难、 贫困、 困苦、 危难等
I was most distressed to hear the sad news of your father's death. 我听到你父亲去世的噩耗, 十分难过.
Please don't distress yourself, ie don't worry. 请你不要忧愁了.
🎯 考研助记
两份(di字根)压力(stress)面前感到精神 沮丧
🔁 扩展释义
*[di'stres]n. 苦恼, 贫困, 痛苦vt. 使苦恼a. 亏本出售的【医】 痛苦, 困苦【经】 被扣押的财物
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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How long will this letter take to get there?
这封信需要多长时间到那儿？
Yesterday was such a beautiful day we decided to go for a drive.
昨天是如此美好的一天，我们决定开车出去。
The guests had, of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.
客人们自然从贝西为他们开门那一刻起就看出来了，在好长一段时间里，即最后这个乱子发生前，他们努力克制才没笑出声来。