Distressing
[dɪ'stresɪŋ] or [dɪ'strɛsɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) causing distress or worry or anxiety; 'distressing (or disturbing) news'; 'lived in heroic if something distressful isolation'; 'a disturbing amount of crime'; 'a revelation that was most perturbing'; 'a new and troubling thought'; 'in a particularly worrisome predicament'; 'a worrying situation'; 'a worrying time' .
錄入:莫拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distress
(a.) Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
(adv.) In a distressing manner.
整理:普雷斯利
例句/造句/用法:
- Some intense associations of a most distressing nature were vividly recalled, I think. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I saw the word, and am curious to know how it could be so very entertaining to the one, and so very distressing to the other. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- We said no more to each other about the distressing interview of the morning. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- From the point of view of the political hack, Judge Lindsey made a most distressing use of the red herring. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- This is a distressing predicament for these young people,' thought Mr. Pickwick, as he dressed himself next morning. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Margaret could not bear the sight of the suspense, which was even more distressing to her father than to herself. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I appeal to you not to take advantage of your position in this house to make my position in it distressing and disagreeable. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I have kept many things from your knowledge, Marian, for fear of distressing you, and making you unhappy at the outset of our new lives. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- My rough beard wee distressing me beyond measure. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It's a distressing case--very; I never knew one more so; but really, my dear sir, really we have no power to control this lady's actions. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She seemed to like distressing us both by parting us. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But the commentary upon it now indelibly written in his handsome face made it far more distressing than it used to be. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Margaret began to wonder whether all offers were as unexpected beforehand,--as distressing at the time of their occurrence, as the two she had had. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- It's distressing to reflect upon, said St. Clare, dryly. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- There were those among the unregenerated who attributed the unceasing head-winds to our distressing choir-music. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- She had read Miss Crawford's note only once, and how to reply to anything so imperfectly understood was most distressing. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- To own to the partial truth of what he had heard would be distressing as long as the humiliating position resulting from the event was unimproved. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I've been thinking of it, these two or three nights past; I have such distressing pains, and such strange feelings. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It glanced through her mind that Mr. Casaubon had left the property away from her--which would not be so very distressing. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I seem to have been distressing you for nothing. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- It is really too distressing. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- It is difficult indeed--it is distressing. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The impression I have derived from our correspondence does not, thank God, lead me to any such distressing conclusion as that. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- For many men before Gautama in that land of uneventful sunshine had found life distressing and mysterious. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is so very painful and distressing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- That this way was, of all others, the most distressing to himself, was awkward enough; but the reddleman's love was generous. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I am afraid, Miss Halcombe, something very distressing has happened. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I am no more answerable for this distressing calamity, my lady, than you are, he said. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Sleep was coy and hard to be won; dreams were distressing and baleful. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Why, it was very distressing, you know, to see poor Pa so low and hear him say such terrible things, and I couldn't help crying myself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
整理:普雷斯利