- distress
 - [di'stres]
 - n. 危难,不幸;贫困;悲痛
vt. 使悲痛;使贫困 
参考例子
           - 1.The news of my mother's death distressed me greatly.
 - 母亲逝世的噩耗令我极为悲痛。
 
- 2.To be served in distress is to be caressed. Does he lack anything?
 - 在那种痛苦中,有人服侍,便是有人抚爱。他还缺少什么呢?
 
- 3.The survivors of the shipwreck transmitted a distress signal every hour.
 - 失事船只的幸存者每小时发出一次遇难信号。
 
英文解释
           - n.
 - 1.psychological suffering
 - 2.a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
 - 3.extreme physical pain
 - 4.the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
 
- v.
 - 1.cause mental pain to
 
网络释义
               - distress
 - 悲痛; 贫困; 危难; 穷困,困难,痛苦;
 
- fetal distress
 - 胎儿窘迫; 胎儿宫内窘迫; 胎儿窘迫症; 胎兒窘迫;
 
- distress system
 - 呼救系统; 遇险系统;
 
- distress warrant
 - 财产扣押令; 扣押令; 扣押财产令;
 
- distress selling
 - 廉价出售; 廉价销售; 廉价抛售; 廉价变现的出售,廉价出售以求现款;