distress
英 [dɪ'stres]
美[dɪ'strɛs]
- n. 危难，不幸；贫困；悲痛
- vt. 使悲痛；使贫困
英英释意
- 1. psychological suffering;
- "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
- 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"