distresses

1. [U]悲痛,痛苦,忧伤,苦恼 great suffering of the mind or body; pain or great discomfort
2. [C]贫困,窘迫 suffering caused by lack of money
3. [C]危险,困难,危难 a state of danger or great difficulty

1. vt. 使痛苦,使忧伤 cause distress to

• ease distress减轻痛苦
• prevent distress避免贫穷

• financial distress财政困境
• terrible distress十分痛苦

• in distress遇险
• 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

• distress about为…而难过
• distress with为…而发愁

in distress遇难；在困境中

financial distress财务困境，财务危机；金融困顿

respiratory distress[医]呼吸窘迫

respiratory distress syndrome呼吸窘迫综合征

fetal distress胎儿宫内窒息，胎儿窘迫

mental distress精神苦闷，精神上的痛苦

distress signal呼救信号；遇难信号

distress call遇险信号；求救呼号

chest distress胸闷

adult respiratory distress syndrome成人呼吸窘迫综合征

1. I pray that you will have pity on my distress.
   我请求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。
2. I gripe more from habit than from genuine distress.
   我抱怨是出于我的习惯，并非遭遇真正的不幸。
3. They sent a distress rocket.
   他们发出了一枚呼救信号火箭。
4. His wild behavior was a great distress to his mother.
   他的放荡的行为使他的母亲极为苦恼。
5. What are you looking so distressed for?
   什么事情使你看起来如此烦恼？
6. The sick man showed signs of distress.
   那个生病的男人表现出痛苦的迹象。
7. Two in distress make sorrow less.
   灾难二人共，痛苦可减轻。

1. Don't distress yourself about it.
   别为那件事苦恼了。
2. He couldn't distress her with his own terrible dilemma.
   他不能用自己糟糕的困境来折磨她。