Distressful

(a.) Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.

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• I never shall enjoy a meal in this distressful country. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He can sometimes raise capital to help him in working out his crude conceptions, but even then it is frequently done at a distressful cost of personal surrender. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Her bosom was heaving in a distressful manner that I greatly pitied, but I thought it better not to speak. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• At the mere thought of Mrs Higden in this inconceivable affliction, Mr Sloppy's countenance became pale, and manifested the most distressful emotions. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• To this distressful emblem of a great distress that had long been growing worse, and was not at its worst, a woman was kneeling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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