distress n. 1.苦恼,烦恼;悲痛,悲叹;使人悲痛[苦恼]的事情;(肉体的)苦痛。 2.贫苦,穷困。 3.灾殃,危难,不幸;【航海】海难。 4.【英法】扣押财物;被扣押的财物。 feel acute distress at... 对…深感苦恼[悲痛]。 relieve distress among the poor 减轻穷人的痛苦。 an old story of a dame in distress 少女落难之类老一套的故事。 a ship in distress 失事的船只。 a signal of distress 遇难信号。 levy a distress upon 对…实行扣押财物的处分。 vt. 1.使苦恼,使为难,使悲痛。 2.使贫困;使困苦。 3.【法律】扣押(财物)。 distress oneself 焦虑,悲痛。 distress sb. into committing suicide 因…的痛苦而自杀。
Telecoms were vital both for aid - workers ? to co - ordinate helicopter flights and get them to areas of distress ? and for the victims , whose hopes of avoiding destitution often depended on finding relatives in safer places 无论是对救援人员,还是对受难者而言,电子通讯都极为重要:对于前者,电子通讯可用来协调直升机,并将援助人员带到受灾现场;对于后者来说,能否免于贫困之灾常常取决于他们能否找到其身处安全地区的亲戚。