資料來源 : pyDict

悲痛,悲傷,痛苦;不幸,危難使悲痛,使苦惱,使憂傷

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Distress \Dis*tress"\, n. [OE. destresse, distresse, OF.
   destresse, destrece, F. d['e]tresse, OF. destrecier to
   distress, (assumed) LL. districtiare, fr. L. districtus, p.
   p. of distringere. See {Distrain}, and cf. {Stress}.]
   1. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to
      suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of
      friends.

            Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. That which occasions suffering; painful situation;
      misfortune; affliction; misery.

            Affliction's sons are brothers in distress. --Burns.

   3. A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress,
      from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water,
      etc.

   4. (Law)
      (a) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal
          chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way
          of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the
          performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or
          taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
      (b) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized
          to procure satisfaction. --Bouvier. Kent. Burrill.

                If he were not paid, he would straight go and
                take a distress of goods and cattle. --Spenser.

                The distress thus taken must be proportioned to
                the thing distrained for.         --Blackstone.

   {Abuse of distress}. (Law) See under {Abuse}.

   Syn: Affliction; suffering; pain; agony; misery; torment;
        anguish; grief; sorrow; calamity; misfortune; trouble;
        adversity. See {Affliction}.

Distress \Dis*tress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distressed}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Distressing}.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See {Distress},
   n.]
   1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with
      calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.

            We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.
                                                  --2 Cor. iv.
                                                  8.

   2. To compel by pain or suffering.

            Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a
            sacrifice of duty.                    --A. Hamilton.

   3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.

   Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict;
        worry; annoy.

資料來源 : WordNet®

distress
     n 1: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
          great distress" [syn: {hurt}, {suffering}]
     2: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship
        in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
     3: extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in
        distress"
     4: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment
        of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress
        was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents
        or property damage but now the landlord is given a
        landlord's lien" [syn: {distraint}]

distress
     v : cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness
         distressed the mother"