"distressing" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 令人痛苦的
• 令人苦惱的

Definition

引起極大憂慮、悲傷或不適的；讓人感到困擾或痛苦的事物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Distressing” 屬於較正式或半正式詞彙，常用來形容帶來情感痛苦的事件、新聞或情況。常與“消息”、“經歷”、“影像”等詞搭配。比“traumatic”弱，比“upsetting”更強烈。

Examples

The news was very distressing.

這個消息非常**令人痛苦**。

Losing his dog was distressing for him.

丟失他的狗對他來說很**令人痛苦**。

She found the hospital experience distressing.

她覺得醫院的經歷很**令人苦惱**。

I watched a distressing documentary about refugees last night.

我昨晚看了一個關於難民的**令人痛苦**的紀錄片。

It's distressing to see so many people losing their jobs.

看到這麼多人失業真是**令人痛苦**。

Her reaction to the distressing news was completely understandable.

她對這則**令人苦惱**的消息的反應完全可以理解。