distressing

英 [dɪˈstresɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈstresɪŋ]

adj.  使人痛苦的; 令人苦恼的
v.  使忧虑; 使悲伤; 使苦恼
distress的现在分词

BNC.9584 / COCA.13936

牛津词典

adj.

• 使人痛苦的；令人苦恼的
  making you feel extremely upset, especially because of sb's suffering

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 使人痛苦的;令人苦恼的;使人忧虑的
  If something isdistressing, it upsets you or worries you.
  1. It is very distressing to see your baby attached to tubes and monitors...
     看见自己宝宝身上连着各种管子和监视器，心里会非常痛苦。
  2. Tranquillizers help alleviate the distressing symptoms of anxiety.
     镇静剂有助于缓解焦虑所带来的不安症状。

英英释义

adj

• bad
  1. my finances were in a deplorable state
  2. a lamentable decision
  3. her clothes were in sad shape
  4. a sorry state of affairs
  Synonym:deplorablelamentablepitifulsadsorry
• causing distress or worry or anxiety
  1. distressing (or disturbing) news
  2. lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
  3. a disturbing amount of crime
  4. a revelation that was most perturbing
  5. a new and troubling thought
  6. in a particularly worrisome predicament
  7. a worrying situation
  8. a worrying time
  Synonym:distressfuldisturbingperturbingtroublingworrisomeworrying

双语例句

• To pay her would soon become a distressing thing.
  要他给钱很快就会成为一件难受的事情了。
• The distressing news made her cry.
  听到那消息，她不禁黯然泪下。
• As cat owners, there's nothing more distressing than finding out that your feline friend is sick.
  由于猫的业主，没有什么更令人痛心的发现，比你的猫的朋友生病。
• Overall, he says, the experience was embarrassing, entertaining, distressing and even, occasionally, amusing.
  汤普森表示，总的来说，这次的经历让人觉得尴尬、有趣、苦恼，偶尔还觉得很有娱乐性。
• I think these findings could be used by people offering support to families and children during distressing times.
  我想，这项研究成果对于帮助家庭和孩子渡过情感危机，将起到一定的指导作用。
• A distressing situation that cannot be dealt with in any other way may result in blind rage.
  以任何其他方式都无法处理的痛苦的情况可能会导致盲目的愤怒。
• It is distressing to see food being wasted like this. He is a wasteful man.
  这样浪费粮食令人痛心。他是个爱挥霍浪费的人。
• It is distressing to see food being wasted like this.
  这样浪费粮食令人痛心。
• Even more distressing are cases where farm labourers find innovative solutions, but these are then disregarded.
  更令人沮丧的是农业劳动者发现了创新的解决方案却又把它们抛弃了。
• In spite of that, they are very inconvenient and can be quite distressing.
  尽管如此，他们都非常不便，而且可以相当令人不安。