Que signifie distress en anglais?

Vous pouvez apprendre la prononciation, la grammaire et les synonymes de distress dans ce dictionnaire anglais faisant autorité.

distress Signification, définition

0 anxiety or worry -- détresse [ feminine ]
- The newspaper apologized for causing distress to its readers. Le journal s’est excusé d’avoir bouleversé ses lecteurs.
- a confused old woman in distress une vieille femme désorientée et désemparée
1 trouble or danger -- détresse [ feminine ]
- distress signals signaux de détresse
- a ship in distress un navire en perdition
2 to upset sb -- bouleverser
- We didn’t tell her because we didn’t want to distress her. Nous ne le lui avons pas dit parce que nous ne voulions pas la bouleverser.
3 great sorrow, trouble or pain -- détresse
- She was in great distress over his disappearance
- Is your leg causing you any distress?
- The loss of all their money left the family in acute distress.
4 a cause of sorrow -- souffrance
- My inability to draw has always been a distress to me.
5 to cause pain or sorrow to -- affliger
- The news of Bob’s accident had greatly distressed her.

We have done too little to alleviate the pain and distress of these children and their families.
It will therefore lead to immeasurable distress and suffering by young people, the very people that this law is designed to protect.
Organised crime very quickly achieved the huge profits that could be made from taking advantage of the distress of would-be immigrants.
There is no hurry, therefore, no drama, no cause for despair or distress.
They rank among those people who are without doubt most in distress today.
The distress of the masses is always the distress of the single person.
This proposal was designed to prevent the tragedies that result from the actions of unscrupulous carriers who are prepared to exploit human distress and misery.
Aid to people in distress was no longer possible.