distressed
英[d?'strest]
美[d?'str?st]
- adj. 痛苦的；憂慮的；貧困的；受損的
- v. 使痛苦；使緊張；使困苦（distress的過去分詞）
英英釋意
- 1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;
- "the troubled car industry"
- "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"
- "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"
- "we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"
- "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"
- "found themselves in a bad way financially"
- 2. generalized feeling of distress
- 3. suffering severe physical strain or distress;
- "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
- "the victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention"
- 4. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
- "too upset to say anything"
- "spent many disquieted moments"
- "distressed about her son's leaving home"
- "lapsed into disturbed sleep"
- "worried parents"
- "a worried frown"
- "one last worried check of the sleeping children"