被壓垮的人：心理與身體的苦
最直接的一支：壓力落在一個人身上，於是那個人「難受」。心和身體是同一個畫面的兩面。
distressed (upset) · adjective · C1
Very upset because something bad has happened.
痛苦的
核心畫面
One way to picture it: something has been pressed on hard from outside, and the strain shows — in a person's face, in their body, in their circumstances, or on a wooden surface.
有股外力壓過來、把人（或東西）壓得留下痕跡。那個「被壓過」的狀態就浮在表面上——可能是臉上的難過、身體裡的痛、家裡的…更多收起
有股外力壓過來、把人（或東西）壓得留下痕跡。那個「被壓過」的狀態就浮在表面上——可能是臉上的難過、身體裡的痛、家裡的拮据，也可能是木頭桌面上被敲打出來的凹痕。distressed 幾乎都不是自己變成這樣的，而是被什麼弄成這樣的，所以它天生帶著「承受過壓力」的味道。Three branches
被壓在困境裡：沒錢的處境
壓力不落在某個人身上，而落在整個處境上——經濟的重量壓著一個人、一個家、一整區。
distressed (poor) · adjective · C1
Having very little money, or living in a place or family in that situation.
貧困的
刻意壓出來的舊痕：仿舊工法
還是「被外力弄出痕跡」，但這次痕跡是人故意做出來的，而且是為了好看——所以它從壞事變成了風格。
distressed (artificially aged) · adjective · C1
Used of furniture or clothes that have been made to look older than they really are.
仿舊的
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
distressedadj/dɪˈstɹɛst/
- 1
Anxious or uneasy.
- She is distressed because she can't find her keys.
- Oh that thou wer't not, poore distreſſed ſoule.
- 2
Damaged.
- 3
Offered for sale after foreclosure.
- 4
Faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique.
- Distressed jeans bear all the signs of exertion, while the consumer never has to lift a finger. What could be more luxurious than that?
- Lawyers for Hirst accepted that his works had on occasion “been made to look older or distressed”.
- 5
businessfinanceExperiencing financial or operational distress, default, or bankruptcy.
- distressed debt
- Funds that buy “distressed” debt, which typically yields ten percentage points or more over Treasuries, are becoming familiar villains.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。