音标：[di'stres] ；柯林斯词典等级：2 级；

n. 苦恼, 贫困, 痛苦
vt. 使苦恼
a. 亏本出售的

n. psychological suffering
n. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
n. extreme physical pain
n. the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

词型变化：过去分词 : distressed ; 过去式 : distressed ; 名词复数形式 : distresses ; 现在分词 : distressing ; 第三人称单数 : distresses
考试类型：[四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]

词性分布：

名词87%

动词13%

distress的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

I pray that you will have pity on my distress.我请求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。
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。
They sent a distress rocket.他们发出了一枚呼救信号火箭。
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。
What are you looking so distressed for?什么事情使你看起来如此烦恼？
The sick man showed signs of distress.那个生病的男人表现出痛苦的迹象。
Two in distress make sorrow less.灾难二人共，痛苦可减轻。

用作及物动词(vt.)

Don't distress yourself about it.别为那件事苦恼了。
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。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
How can we prevent such distress?我们怎样才能避免这种困境?
Send out a distress signal; the ship is sinking.发出求救信号吧,船正在下沉。

用作动词(v.)

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

The news of his death distressed us greatly.他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。

其他～ed as s-Compl.

We are distressed at your failure.我们为你的失败感到难过。
Anne was greatly distressed that she had not passed the final English exam.安十分难过,因为她英语期末考试不及格。
We were distressed to find that the children had not returned.我们发现孩子没有回来,感到很忧虑。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

ease distress减轻痛苦
prevent distress避免贫穷

形容词+～

financial distress财政困境
terrible distress十分痛苦

介词+～

in distress遇险
to sb's distress令某人难过

～+介词

distress from thirst干渴引起的难受

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

distress deeply非常难过
distress needlessly无忧自扰

～+介词

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

经典引文

Being in great distress of Conscience.
出自：Joseph Hall
This event..filled him with the utmost distress and despondency.
出自：J. H. Newman
There is great distress here among the poor.
出自：Dickens
The meagre grant..had by no means put an end to his financial distresses.
出自：L. Strachey
The..servants of the crown..distressed their private fortunes to gratify their sovereign.
出自：Goldsmith
Their horses began to be distressed in the heavy sand.
出自：Quiller

【近义词】

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【反义词】

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satisfy

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