in distress
常表示处于危险或困境中。
The ship is in distress.
这艘船处于困境中。
痛苦；不适；苦恼；剧痛
危难；困境；险境；苦恼的根源；令人痛苦的事；扣押财物；被扣押的财物；身体或情绪上的剧烈痛苦、不适或惊恐；心理痛苦
Physical or emotional suffering, discomfort, or pain; a state of severe stress or anxiety.
身体或情绪上的剧烈痛苦、不适或惊恐
Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
心理痛苦
psychological suffering
造成这种不适的原因
A cause of such discomfort.
逆境状态(危险、痛苦或需要)
a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
严重危险
Serious danger.
极度身体疼痛
extreme physical pain
人无法完全适应的压力状态
An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
为逼债而未经法律程序扣押财产
A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
扣押以抵债的物品
The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
The loud noise caused the baby great distress.
巨大的噪音使婴儿非常痛苦。
用法提示：名词，在此表示因外部刺激引起的痛苦情绪。
AI contextual example
She tried to hide her distress, but her trembling hands gave her away.
她试图掩饰她的苦恼，但颤抖的双手暴露了她。
用法提示：名词，在此表示内心的苦恼。
AI contextual example
He spoke to a counselor about his feelings of distress.
他向辅导员倾诉了他的痛苦感受。
用法提示：名词，在此表示心理上的痛苦。
AI contextual example
常表示处于危险或困境中。
The ship is in distress.
这艘船处于困境中。
The news caused great distress.
这消息引起了极大的痛苦。
后接介词about或over表示因某事而苦恼。
She expressed her distress about the situation.
她对这种情况表达了苦恼。
He suffered severe distress after the accident.
他在事故后遭受了严重的痛苦。
语气强于distress，常用于严重的痛苦
侧重长期的困苦或不幸
语气最强，指难以忍受的痛苦
强调反复或持续的折磨
最通用，覆盖范围广
grammar · medium
易错句子She felt a great distress.
正确表达She felt great distress.
distress作为不可数名词，前面不能用不定冠词a或an修饰，应直接使用零冠词。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is under distress because of the exam.
正确表达He is in distress because of the exam.
表示“处于痛苦/困境”时，固定搭配是in distress，而非under distress。
情感困扰
The accident caused him great emotional distress.
那次事故给他带来了巨大的情感困扰。
财务困难
Many families are in financial distress due to the pandemic.
许多家庭因疫情陷入财务困难。
引起痛苦
The news of her illness caused us all distress.
她生病的消息让我们都很痛苦。
处于困境
The ship sent out a signal that it was in distress.
那艘船发出了遇险信号。
求救信号
The pilot made a distress call before the plane crashed.
飞行员在飞机坠毁前发出了求救信号。
遇险信号
They lit a fire as a distress signal to attract rescuers.
他们生火作为遇险信号以吸引救援人员。
distress + -ed
distress + -ing
distressing + -ly
distress + signal
distress + call
常与distress一起出现，指精神或情绪上的紧张状态。
distress常伴随焦虑情绪，两者均描述负面心理状态。
长期distress可能导致抑郁，属于相关情感障碍。
distress常指心理痛苦，与生理疼痛概念相近。
严重distress可能引发或由危机事件导致。
求救信号
The ship sent out a distress signal when it hit the iceberg.
船撞上冰山时发出了求救信号。
落难少女
He always plays the hero rescuing a damsel in distress.
他总是扮演拯救落难少女的英雄。
处于困境中
The charity provides aid to families in distress.
该慈善机构为处于困境中的家庭提供援助。
发出遇险信号！
In the movie Titanic, the captain orders the crew to send the distress signal when the ship hits an iceberg.
在电影《泰坦尼克号》中，当船撞上冰山时，船长命令船员发出遇险信号。
我们收到了来自那颗行星的遇险呼叫。
In Star Trek, the crew often responds to distress calls from various alien civilizations.
在《星际迷航》中，船员们经常回应来自不同外星文明的遇险呼叫。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.