English Dictionary

distress

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈstɹɛs/

動詞

To cause strain or anxiety to someone. / (law) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain. / To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.

日本語の意味

（人に）苦痛や不安を引き起こす / （法）債務不履行の場合に相手の所有物を差し押さえる / 新品の物に古びた印象を与える加工を施す

The constant rumors began to distress her, making it hard to sleep.

絶え間ない噂が彼女を不安にさせ、眠れなくなった。

意味（1）

To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

She respects me, no doubt, but has no longer any passionate feeling for me, and my death will distress her without plunging her in despair.

意味（2）

(law) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.

This power of distress, as anciently used, became as oppressive as the feudal forfeiture. It was as hard for the tenant to be stripped in an instant of all his goods, for arrears of rent, as to be turned out of the possession of his farm.

意味（3）

To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.

a pair of distressed jeans

distresses （ present singular third-person ）

distressing （ participle present ）

distressed （ participle past ）

distressed （ past ）