distress的意思

distress

英式音标[dɪ'strɛs]
美式英标[dɪ'stres]

基本解释

n. 危难，不幸；贫困；悲痛

vt. 使悲痛；使贫困

distress 忧虑，悲伤

dis-, 分开。-str, 拉，拉紧，词源同strict, stress. 即拉紧，紧张，忧虑，悲伤。

distress (n.): late 13c., "circumstance that causes anxiety or hardship," from Old French destresse, from Vulgar Latin *districtia "restraint, affliction, narrowness, distress," from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere "draw apart, hinder," also, in Medieval Latin "compel, coerce," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + stringere "draw tight, press together" (see strain (v.)). Meaning "anguish, suffering; grief" is from c. 1300.
distress (v.): late 14c., from Old French destresser, from Vulgar Latin *districtiare (see distress (n.)). Related: Distressed; distressing.

2. Adolescent suicide is rarely an impulsive reaction to immediate distress.: 青少年自杀很少是由于突然发生不幸而作出的冲动反应。

4. Cecil now began to panic and fired off two distress rockets.: 塞西尔此时开始慌张起来，连忙发射了两枚遇险信号火箭。