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 distressed [di'strest]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 痛苦的, 哀伤的

  1. A loud, distressing noise.
    吵闹声大的,令人痛苦的声音
  2. Causing irritation or distress; vexatious.
    烦人的令人发怒或苦恼的;令人烦恼的
  3. What are you looking so distressed for?
    什么事情使你看起来如此烦恼?


distressed
[ adj ]
  1. generalized feeling of distress

  2. <adj.all>
  3. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

  4. <adj.all>
    distressed companies need loans and technical advice
    financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
    we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment
    found themselves in a bad way financially
  5. suffering severe physical strain or distress

  6. <adj.all>
    he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing
  7. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

  8. <adj.all>
    too upset to say anything
    spent many disquieted moments
    distressed about her son's leaving home
    lapsed into disturbed sleep
    worried parents
    a worried frown
    one last worried check of the sleeping children


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.

distressed \distressed\ adj.
1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;
as, distressed companies need loans and technical advice.

Syn: hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(predicate), in
trouble(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5]

2. experienceing a generalized feeling of distress. Also See:
{dejected}, {unhappy}, {sad}. Antonym: {euphoric}.

Syn: dysphoric, unhappy.
[WordNet 1.5]

3. suffering severe physical strain or discomfort; as, he
dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having
difficulty breathing.

Syn: stressed, in a bad way(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5]

4. emotionally upset.

Syn: unstrung.
[WordNet 1.5]

  1. But late last year, shareholders voted to change the fund's investment objective, so that it also could invest in bankruptcies and distressed securities.
  2. Appearing before a House Banking subcommittee yesterday, Mr. Volcker said he was "distressed and disappointed" that Congress hadn't acted.
  3. Among the so-called workout specialists wooing distressed partnerships are the same people who helped run them when they got into trouble.
  4. Even analysts who have followed the company closely for years were distressed by the news, especially since without details of the letter they were left to speculate about its contents.
  5. In one letter, Clark calls Lewis a "poor fellow" who was "much distressed" about how the public might perceive his handling of financial matters in the territory.
  6. Michael Jackson, hospitalized for chest pains, has been under pressure to finish an album and was distressed by the deaths of his grandmother, AIDS victim Ryan White and Sammy Davis Jr., says a spokesman.
  7. It said it was "distressed" by the detentions of at least 11 people Wednesday and Thursday, according to the statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi.
  8. Nonetheless, the action by Broad and its chairman and chief executive officer, Eli Broad, who are considered skilled negotiators for distressed insurance merchandise, caught the industry's attention.
  9. He said it would be "a good first step" if the distribution were financed through "the sale of assets at appropriate prices," but added that he believes Santa Fe has been too quick to sell assets at "distressed" prices in the past.
  10. It runs out frantically now and then, and is clearly pretty distressed.
  11. But it also will mean increased drilling, especially in the economically distressed Southwest.
  12. The result could make the bonds of other distressed companies less attractive.
  13. And so far, fund managers said, they have had enough cash to pay off departing investors without being forced to sell much of the junk holdings at distressed prices.
  14. The act, a major rehauling of the federally created Farm Credit Service, requires lenders of distressed loans to let borrowers know, before any foreclosure can take place, that their loans may be suitable for restructuring.
  15. So, Congress and the administration are looking at ways to help all distressed farmers, including those who grow "non-program" crops which are not covered by acreage controls, price supports and deficiency payments.
  16. The recently distressed bonds of Southland Corp. soared on speculation that the company sweetened its debt exchange offer.
  17. According to market sources, one bond holdout is Goldman Sachs's Waterstreet Corporate Recovery Fund for distressed securities.
  18. Shearson already has accounted for about one-third of crash-related layoffs, largely because of its acquisition of the distressed E.F. Hutton Group Inc. late last year for nearly $1 billion.
  19. Rajiv Gandhi, India's prime minister, said he was "deeply shocked and distressed" by the death of Zia and sent condolences to the president's family.
  20. Minnelli, on a world tour with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., was reported to be distressed.
  21. The agency so far is keeping about 70 percent of the institutions' assets, usually sour loans and distressed real estate.
  22. Moreover, Xerox wasn't well positioned to sell its premium-priced machines in distressed business markets like Akron and Youngstown, while local distributors were aggressively pushing less-expensive copiers from Canon, Minolta and Toshiba.
  23. Recently, a number of funds have been raised on Wall Street to buy distressed real estate, but it is unclear what the appetite for the Tiffany building will be.
  24. The sister retailers owned by financially distressed Campeau Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a business plan for the years through 1996 that includes store closings, but no outright sales of entire department store chains.
  25. Documents show that once Kennedy was inside an ambulance, the senator's distressed wife, Ethel, demanded that attendants keep their hands off Kennedy.
  26. The price would fall to $2.55 billion to $2.70 billion if the divisions were sold under "distressed" circumstances, such as in a bankruptcy reorganization.
  27. Mike Rumbolz, former Gaming Control Board chairman who now heads Donald Trump's efforts to enter Nevada gaming, said the Japanese were hampered because they bought distressed properties that couldn't make it under American expertise.
  28. That program provides grants to cities to assist private investment in distressed areas.
  29. An even tougher problem is the distressed economy of the company's regional service territory, hit hard by the energy slump and the drought.
  30. "I can't say I was amused," Morrell said, "because I was distressed by the interpretation of the character.
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