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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
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痛苦；不适；苦恼；剧痛
Physical or emotional suffering, discomfort, or pain; a state of severe stress or anxiety.
The ship is in distress.
这艘船处于困境中。
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)
The loud noise caused the baby great distress.
巨大的噪音使婴儿非常痛苦。
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。
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。
AI contextual example
the death of his wife caused him great distress
他妻子的去世使他极度悲痛。
WordNet
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。
Not this
She felt a great distress.
Use this
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。
Not this
He is under distress because of the exam.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
Use distress naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把distress拆成dis（不）和stress（压力），无法承受的压力就是痛苦。
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Words like stress, dress, mess, less, guess all rhyme with distress (/-ɛs/). Note: actress looks similar but has a different vowel sound (/-əs/) and stress pattern.
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