Stress

[stres] or [strɛs]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); 'he put the stress on the wrong syllable'.

(noun.) (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; 'the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area'.

(noun.) difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; 'she endured the stresses and strains of life'; 'he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger'- R.J.Samuelson.

(noun.) special emphasis attached to something; 'the stress was more on accuracy than on speed'.

(verb.) put stress on; utter with an accent; 'In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word'.

(verb.) to stress, single out as important; 'Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet'.

柏格編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Distress.

(n.) Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.

(n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.

(n.) Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.

(n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

(v. t.) To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.

(v. t.) To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Force, strain.[2]. Pressure, urgency.[3]. Importance, significance, weight.[4]. Emphasis, accent.

校對:弗恩

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Force, strain, weight, importance, pressure, urgency, emphasis

ANT:Alleviation, stillness, lightness, unimportance, casualty, touch, triviality

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解釋/意思:

n. distress: legal distraining.

n. force: pressure: urgency: strain: violence as of the weather: the relative loudness or emphasis with which certain syllables are pronounced accent: weight importance: (mech.) force exerted in any direction or manner between two bodies—the greatest stress which a substance will bear without being torn asunder being its ultimate strength.—v.t. to constrain: lay stress on: to emphasise.

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