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distress

英[dɪ'stres] 美[dɪ'strɛs]
  • n. 危难,不幸;贫困;悲痛
  • vt. 使悲痛;使贫困

英英释意


1. psychological suffering;
"the death of his wife caused him great distress"
2. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need);
"a ship in distress"
"she was the classic maiden in distress"
3. extreme physical pain;
"the patient appeared to be in distress"
4. the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim;
"Originally distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"