Distress

[dɪ'stres] or [dɪ'strɛs]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; 'Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien'.

(noun.) psychological suffering; 'the death of his wife caused him great distress'.

(noun.) extreme physical pain; 'the patient appeared to be in distress'.

(noun.) a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); 'a ship in distress'; 'she was the classic maiden in distress'.

(verb.) cause mental pain to; 'The news of her child's illness distressed the mother'.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.

(n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

(n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.

(n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.

(n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

(n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.

(n.) To compel by pain or suffering.

(n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Affliction, calamity, misery, misfortune, adversity, hardship, trial, trouble, perplexity.[2]. Anguish, agony, pain, suffering, gripe, griping.[3]. Privation, destitution, poverty, indigence, want, straits.

v. a. [1]. Afflict, perplex, pain, trouble, grieve, make unhappy, make miserable.[2]. (Law.) Take, seize, distrain.

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同義詞及反義詞：

[See AFFLICTION_and_TROUBLE]

SYN:Harass, embarrass, trouble, grieve, annoy, vex, mortify, pain, disturb,afflict, worry

ANT:Soothe, compose, please, gratify, gladden, console, elate, comfort

編輯:马克斯

解釋/意思:

n. extreme pain: that which causes suffering: calamity: misfortune: (arch.) compulsion: act of distraining goods.—v.t. to afflict with pain or suffering: to harass: to grieve: to distrain.—p.adj. Distressed′.—adj. Distress′ful.—adv. Distress′fully.—n. Distress′fulness.—p.adj. Distress′ing.—adv. Distress′ingly.

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