adj.使人痛苦的;令人烦恼的
动词词distress的现在分词形式.
He feared to touch on distressing memories. 他害怕触及到令人伤心的往事。
But it was the cold that was the most distressing. 但是最难熬的是冷。
It was a distressing time for their elders. 做父母的人感到这是个令人苦恼的时期。
These techniques have a distressing lack of unifying principles among them. 令人苦恼的是这些技术之间缺乏统一的原则。