distress
意味一覧 (3件)
苦悩、不安
解説 Definition
distress は、強い心配・悲しみ・痛みなどで心身がつらい状態を表す名詞です。事故、病気、災害、経済問題などで人が助けを必要とするほど苦しんでいる場面によく使われます。
Distress is a strong feeling of suffering caused by worry, sadness, pain, or trouble. It is also used for a condition in which someone is suffering so much that they may need help. You often see this word in situations involving accidents, illness, disasters, or serious money problems.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
distress は dis「離れて・悪く」＋stress「圧迫」と見ると、「心が強く締めつけられる苦悩・不安」が核です。be in distress や emotional distress のように、危機や深い精神的つらさを表します。anxiety は不安感、sorrow は悲しみに寄りますが、distress は助けが必要なほど切迫した苦痛まで含むと覚えます。
Think of truck as the vehicle, and -ing as a form that can describe an activity or business. Then trucking is easy to remember as the job or industry of moving goods by truck. You will often see it in business contexts such as trucking company, trucking business, and trucking industry. Remember that one trip is a delivery, while the whole system is logistics.
例文
She was in great distress after hearing the bad news.
悪い知らせを聞いて、彼女はひどい苦悩の中にいた。
The flood left many families in financial distress.
洪水で多くの家族が経済的な苦境に陥った。
His face showed clear distress when the doctor spoke to him.
医師が話しかけたとき、彼の顔にははっきりとした不安が表れていた。
苦しめる
(意味 2)解説 Definition
知らせや目にした光景などが人の心を強く揺さぶり、悲しみ・不安・心痛を起こさせる動詞です。主語は出来事や状況が多く、相手を意図的に攻撃するより「それを知って深くつらくなる」感じに焦点があります。
As a verb, distress means to cause someone to feel deep sadness, worry, or emotional pain. It is often used when news, a sight, or a situation strongly affects a person’s feelings. The focus is usually not on direct attack, but on the painful emotional reaction that comes from learning or seeing something upsetting.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この用法では、原因が人の内側に入り込んで心を締めつけるイメージで覚えると自然です。The news distressed her のように、news, sight, thought などが主語になり、「その事実を受け止めた結果、心が痛む」と訳せます。名詞 distress「苦境・苦痛」とつながり、そこへ相手を追い込む動きが動詞になった語です。
Think of distress as something entering a person’s mind and tightening around the heart. In sentences like "The news distressed her," the cause is often news, a sight, or a thought, and the result is emotional pain after taking in that fact. It is connected with the noun distress, meaning suffering or a difficult situation, so the verb suggests pushing someone into that pain.
例文
The news distressed her more than anyone expected.
その知らせは、皆が思った以上に彼女を苦しめた。
It deeply distressed me to see the animals living in such poor conditions.
そんなひどい環境で動物たちが暮らしているのを見て、私は深く苦しめられた。
He was distressed by the thought that he might never see his friend again.
もう二度と友人に会えないかもしれないと思うと、彼はひどく苦しめられた。
苦痛
(意味 3)解説 Definition
病気・大きな音・金銭問題などが人や動物に苦痛や困惑を与え、平静でいられなくすることを表します。心配だけでなく身体的なつらさや生活上の圧迫も含み、赤ちゃんや患者など弱い立場の対象にもよく使われます。
To distress someone means to make them feel very upset, worried, or unhappy. It is often used in formal contexts for bad news, painful events, or difficult experiences. The word suggests strong emotional suffering.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞の distress は「人や動物をひどく動揺させる、苦しめる」という他動詞です。主語には illness, noise, news, problem など苦しみの原因が来て、目的語には him, the baby, patients のような影響を受ける相手が来ます。名詞の distress「苦悩・不安」と混同せず、「原因が相手を苦しい状態にする」という文の形で覚えると使い分けやすくなります。
Link `distress` to `stress`, but make it stronger and more serious. It often appears in set phrases like `in distress`, `financial distress`, and `distress signal.` Those collocations help you remember that the word is used for urgent trouble that may need help.
例文
The illness distresses him greatly.
その病気は彼に大きな苦痛を与えている。
Loud noises distress the baby.
大きな音は赤ちゃんを苦しめる。
Financial problems distress many families during economic crises.
経済危機中、経済的な問題は多くの家族を苦しめる。
distress の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 destresce を経て、ラテン語 distringere「きつく縛る」に由来する。締めつけられる感覚から、心身が苦しむ状態の意味になった。
Distress comes through Old French destresce from the Latin verb distringere, which meant "to draw tight" or "bind tightly." From that idea of being tightly pressed, the word developed the meaning of mental or physical suffering.
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