Word · Frequency #4287
Fully loadeddistresses
痛苦；不适；苦恼；剧痛
distresses is the plural of distress.
Physical or emotional suffering, discomfort, or pain; a state of severe stress or anxiety.
- 1.
Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
身体或情绪上的剧烈痛苦、不适或惊恐
- 2.
psychological suffering
心理痛苦
- 3.
A cause of such discomfort.
造成这种不适的原因
- 4.
a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
逆境状态(危险、痛苦或需要)
- 5.
Serious danger.
严重危险
- 6.
extreme physical pain
极度身体疼痛
- 7.
An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
人无法完全适应的压力状态
- 8.
A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
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
In use
The loud noise caused the baby great distress.
She tried to hide her distress, but her trembling hands gave her away.
He spoke to a counselor about his feelings of distress.
the death of his wife caused him great distress
a ship in distress
she was the classic maiden in distress
the patient appeared to be in distress
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。
Connections
Collocations
- emotional 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。
- financial distress
- 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。
- cause distress
- 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。
- in distress
- 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。
- distress call
- 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。
- distress signal
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把distress拆成dis（不）和stress（压力），无法承受的压力就是痛苦。
Context & Register
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Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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