If something is distressing, it upsets you or worries you.
例句
It is very distressing to see your baby attached to tubes and monitors...看見自己寶寶身上連著各種管子和監視器,心里會非常痛苦。Tranquillizers help alleviate the distressing symptoms of anxiety.鎮靜劑有助于緩解焦慮所帶來的不安癥狀。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
使人痛苦的,令人苦惱的
All who saw the distressing scene revolted against it.所有看到這種悲慘景象的人都對此感到難過。The distressing scene revolted all who saw it.令人悲痛的場面使所有目擊者都感到不快。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. causing distress or worry or anxiety;
"distressing (or disturbing) news""lived in heroic if something distressful isolation""a disturbing amount of crime""a revelation that was most perturbing""a new and troubling thought""in a particularly worrisome predicament""a worrying situation""a worrying time"
2. bad; unfortunate;
"my finances were in a deplorable state""a lamentable decision""her clothes were in sad shape""a sorry state of affairs"