n. 苦恼, 贫困, 痛苦

vt. 使苦恼

a. 亏本出售的

[医] 痛苦, 困苦

[经] 被扣押的财物

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.