ADJECTIVE | VERB + DISTRESS | DISTRESS + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤acute, considerable, deep, extreme, great, immense, severe, significant極端的痛苦;深深的憂傷;巨大的創痛;苦楚滿腹;苦不堪言▸➤genuine, real真正的痛苦➤obvious明顯的悲傷▸➤unnecessary (especially BrE) 不必要的憂傷➤general一般的痛苦▸➤emotional, mental, moral, personal, physical, psychological感情上的痛苦;精神痛苦;個人的憂傷;皮肉之苦;心理上的痛苦◇the physical distress of hunger飢餓之苦◇the personal distress associated with unemployment失業引致的個人愁苦➤economic, financial, social經濟困境;財政困難;社會困境◇The causes of social distress include inadequate housing.造成社會困境的原因包括住房不足。➤marital, relationship (both NAmE) 婚姻/情感困境◇an unhappy young couple in acute relationship distress一對處於嚴重情感困境的不快樂的年輕夫婦VERB + DISTRESS➤cause (sb)造成(某人)痛苦▸➤experience, feel, suffer經歷痛苦;感到苦惱;遭受痛苦◇the distress that she felt when her parents argued她父母爭吵時她感到的苦惱◇The animals suffer great pain and distress when hunted.動物被獵捕時會遭受巨大的痛苦。➤show (signs of)表現出悲痛(跡象)◇She seemed calm and showed no signs of distress.她似乎很平靜,看不出任何悲痛的跡象。➤hide隱藏痛苦◇He tried to hide his distress, but the tremor in his voice was unmistakable.他盡力掩飾自己的悲痛,但是顫抖的聲音卻無疑表明了一切。➤express表達悲哀◇Hall expressed his distress at the court's failure to uphold his rights.霍爾對法庭沒能維護他的權利表達了悲哀。➤avoid避免痛苦➤alleviate, ease, reduce, relieve減輕/緩和/減少/消除痛苦➤see, sense看出/覺察到痛苦◇She saw the distress in Christy's eyes.她從克里斯蒂的眼中看到了痛苦。◇Sensing her distress, Luke walked over and patted her shoulder.盧克感到她在痛苦之中,於是走過去拍了拍她的肩膀。DISTRESS + NOUN➤call, signal遇險信號;求救信號◇The sinking ship sent out a distress call.下沉的船隻發出遇險信號。PREPOSITION➤in distress在危險中◇The child was clearly in distress.孩子顯然處於危險之中。◇a ship in distress遇險的船➤to sb's distress令某人苦惱的是◇He dropped out of college, to his family's distress.他退學了,這讓他的家人很苦惱。➤distress at因⋯而悲痛◇her obvious distress at hearing such bad news聽到這麼壞的消息時她臉上明顯的悲痛➤distress over因⋯的悲痛◇The president issued a statement expressing her distress over the affair.總統發表聲明表達她對這件事的悲痛。PHRASES➤a damsel in distress落難女子◇medieval ballads about a knight saving a damsel in distress關於騎士搭救落難女子的中世紀民謠➤a source of distress苦惱的來源◇Getting old is a source of distress to men as well as women.不管是男人還是女人,變老同樣都是造成其苦惱的一個原因。