dis·tress·ing
adjective/dɪˈstresɪŋ/
/dɪˈstresɪŋ/
- making you feel extremely upset, especially because somebody is suffering
使人痛苦的；令人苦恼的 - It was a very distressing documentary.
这是一部非常令人心痛的纪录片。 - What could be more distressing than the death of their only child?
有什么能比失去了他们唯一的孩子更痛苦呢？ - The divorce was extremely distressing for the children.
这桩离婚对孩子来说是极其痛苦的事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- find something
- …
- extremely
- very
- deeply
- …
- for
- It was a very distressing documentary.