音标:[di'stresiŋ] ;
a. 使痛苦的, 使烦恼的
s. causing distress or worry or anxiety

词性分布:
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distressing的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. A suffering animal is a distressing sight.看到动物受痛苦是很难受的。
  2. He feared to touch on distressing memories.他害怕触及到令人伤心的往事。
  3. But it was the cold that was the most distressing.但是最难熬的是冷。
  4. It was a distressing time for their elders.做父母的人感到这是个令人苦恼的时期。
  5. These techniques have a distressing lack of unifying principles among them.令人苦恼的是这些技术之间缺乏统一的原则。

词汇搭配

  • distress不幸
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