distresses

英 [dɪˈstresɪz]

美 [dɪˈstresɪz]

n.  忧虑; 悲伤; 痛苦; 贫困; 窘迫; 困苦; (船、飞机等)遇难，遇险
v.  使忧虑; 使悲伤; 使苦恼
distress的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 悲伤;痛苦;忧虑
  Distressis a state of extreme sorrow, suffering, or pain.
  1. Jealousy causes distress and painful emotions.
     嫉妒会带来忧虑和痛苦。
  2. Her mouth grew stiff with pain and distress.
     疼痛和悲伤让她嘴巴发僵。
• N-UNCOUNT 危难;危急;危险
  Distressis the state of being in extreme danger and needing urgent help.
  1. He expressed concern that the ship might be in distress.
     他担心船可能会遇险。
  2. The constable received a distress call, and saw two youths attacking his colleague.
     这名警察收到了求救呼叫，看见两个年轻人正在殴打他的同事。
• VERB 使忧虑;使悲伤;使苦恼
  If someone or somethingdistressesyou, they cause you to be upset or worried.
  1. The idea of Toni being in danger distresses him enormously.
     想到托尼正处于危险中，他心急如焚。
  2. I did not want to frighten or distress the horse.
     我并不想吓到马或惹怒它。

双语例句

• The fight or flight mechanism is not, however, the source of the violence that distresses students of human society.
  然而，或打或逃机制并不是困扰着人类社会莘莘学子的暴力的来源。
• Mr Novikov insists that the offhand service that often distresses visitors to Moscow is improving. But he concedes that surliness endures, even among waiters and waitresses who grew up in the privatised, post-Soviet years.
  诺维科夫认为，常常困扰莫斯科游客的“临时服务”正在改善，但他同时承认对异乡人的敌意仍然存在，甚至是那些从小在实行私有化的前苏联环境下长大的人也是一样。
• How many animals have you devoured, while I have been employed in carrying nuts to alleviate the distresses of my poor brethren!
  有多少小动物被你无情地吞吃掉啊，而我一直忙着运送坚果，来救济我那些可怜的同胞们！
• It distresses me to see you like this.
  看到你这样我痛苦极了。
• Today's thought can obviously serve for any thought that distresses you at any time.
  今天的观念显然可以随时应用于烦扰你的任何念头上。
• Pavement cracks are one of the most common road distresses.
  路面裂缝是一种很常见的道路病害。
• Ordinary pavement distresses on high-grade highways in china, the necessity and long-term significance of LTPP, fundamental conditions and main obstacles of China-LTPP are analyzed in chapter 2.
  第二章从调查我国高等级公路路面常见损坏类型入手，探讨路面长期性能研究的必要性及其长远意义，分析我国当前进行路面长期性能研究的基础条件和主要障碍。
• No pain distresses, no thought of death or bereavement saddens.
  没有苦痛难过，不再想到死亡或丧亲之悲；
• In the middle of the night, and under all the rest of our distresses, one of the men that had been down on purpose to see, cried out we had sprung a leak.
  到了半夜，在灾祸丛生中，忽然那些到船舱底下去检查的人中间有一个跑上来，喊道：船底已经漏了。
• Mr Novikov insists that the offhand service that often distresses visitors to Moscow is improving.
  诺维科夫坚持认为经常困扰来莫斯科的游客的即时服务正在有所改善。