| 单词 | stress |
| 释义 | stress (once / 307 pages) nv The word stress is about pressure, whether it's pressure on a syllable of a word (TRAIN-er versus train-EE), an object (the bridge is designed to handle the stress of the cars), or a person (I am under a lot of stress). It says something about our culture, how much we love to use the word stress and keep redefining it to mean new things. The word first appeared in about 1300, when it meant hardship or a force to which someone is subjected. In the 1890s, we stretched the meaning to include "emphasizing something" and, in the middle of the 20th century, started to associate it with psychological pressure. WORD FAMILYstress: overstress, stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing, stressor+/overstress: overstressed, overstresses, overstressing/stressed: unstressed/stressful: stressfully/stressor: stressors USAGE EXAMPLES“Stress, anger and sadness break down the immune system. Sound is part of what I do daily to counterbalance that.” Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Stewart, the principal, says she struggles to keep new teachers who often leave for better pay and less stress in other districts. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “I don’t think that it would be worth the larger income for all the stress,” Carnal said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n special emphasis attached to something the stress was more on accuracy than on speed Syn|Hyper focus accent, emphasis special importance or significance 2n the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) he put the stress on the wrong syllable Syn|Hypo|Hyper accent, emphasis accentuation the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance pitch accent, tonic accentemphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness word accent, word stressthe distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word sentence stressthe distribution of stresses within a sentence inflection, prosody the patterns of stress and intonation in a language 3n (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area Hypo|Hyper tension (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body breaking pointthe degree of tension or stress at which something breaks force (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity 4n (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense stress is a vasoconstrictor Syn|Hypo|Hyper tenseness, tension yips nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts) breaking point(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial mental strain, nervous strain, strain (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress 5n difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson Syn|Hyper strain difficulty a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome 6v to stress, single out as important Syn|Hypo|Hyper accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate background, downplay, play down understate the importance or quality of bring out, set offdirect attention to, as if by means of contrast re-emphasise, re-emphasizeemphasize anew bear downpay special attention to topicalizeemphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence point upemphasize, especially by identification drive home, press home, ram homemake clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscoregive extra weight to (a communication) pick uplift out or reflect from a background wave offdismiss as insignificant foreground, highlight, play up, spotlightmove into the foreground to make more visible or prominent raisebring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project soft-pedalplay down or obscure evince, express, show give expression to 7v put stress on; utter with an accent Syn|Hyper accent, accentuate articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way 8v test the limits of Syn|Hypo|Hyper strain, try rack stretch to the limits afflict cause great unhappiness for; distress |
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