dis·tress
书籍：英汉辞典
更新时间：2018-09-12 05:01:47
出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第366页（426字）
【释义】：
n．①痛苦，苦恼，悲伤．②贫苦，穷困：relieve distress among the victims of natural calamities救济灾民．③危难，不幸：a distress signal遇险信号．The lifeboat went out to a ship in distress．救生船出海拯救遇难的船只．
－vt．使苦恼，使悲痛，使贫苦：Don’t distress yourself．不要伤心．What are you looking so distressed about?为什么你显得这样伤心呢?We were much distressed to hear(or at hearing)the news of President Ho Chiminh’s death．听到胡志明主席逝世的消息，我们很悲痛．