n.紧张，忧虑，不适；v.使紧张忧虑,
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
distress (noun)1.
a) seizure and detention of the goods of another as pledge or to obtain satisfaction of a claim by the sale of the goods seized
b) something that is - distrained
2.
a) pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind - trouble gastric distress
b) a painful situation - misfortune
3.
a state of danger or desperate need - a ship in distress
transitive verb
1.
to subject to great strain or difficulties - homes distressed by poverty
2.
archaic to force or overcome by inflicting pain
3.
to cause to worry or be troubled - upset don't let the news distress you
4.
to mar (as clothing or wood) deliberately to give an effect of age - a distressed table
1.
offered for sale at a loss - distress merchandise
2.
involving distress goods - a distress sale
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
distress (noun)1.
a state of great suffering of body or mind
SYNONYMS:
affliction, agony, anguish, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woeRELATED WORDS:
discomfort; cross, crucible, trial; heartache, heartbreak, joylessness, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness; emergency, pinch; asperity, difficulty, hardship, rigor; ache, pang, smarting, soreness, stitch, throe, twinge; danger, jeopardy, troubleNEAR ANTONYMS:
comfort, consolation, solace; alleviation, assuagement, ease, relief; peace, security; well-being2.
the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil
SYNONYMS:
distress, endangerment, harm's way, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, troubleRELATED WORDS:
exposure, liability, openness, vulnerability; precariousness, threat; susceptibility, susceptibleness; defenselessness, helplessness, weaknessNEAR ANTONYMS:
preservation, salvation; defense, protection; exemption, immunity, impunity, inviolability, invulnerabilityto trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
SYNONYMS:
agitate, ail, alarm ( alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, distress, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out, worryRELATED WORDS:
aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy ( chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex; bedevil, haunt, plague; abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up; daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerveNEAR ANTONYMS:
allay, alleviate, assuage; appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate