单词 | stressful |
释义 | stressful (once / 10716 pages) adj You might find taking tests stressful. Your hands get sweaty and you might get butterflies in your stomach. If something makes you anxious, it is stressful. Stress is how your body reacts to difficult situations. Driving through heavy city traffic can be very stressful, leaving you exhausted afterward. Some people react to stressful situations by eating too much, others by not eating, or by losing sleep. If you find something stressful, relaxation techniques like deep breathing and stretching can help your body release some of the tension and clear your brain. Then you won't be so stressed out! WORD FAMILYstressful: stressfully+/overstress: overstressed, overstresses, overstressing/stress: overstress, stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing, stressor/stressed: unstressed/stressor: stressors USAGE EXAMPLESIt was "stressful", and she jokes that her first reaction, when she learnt of the award, was: "Oh, I don't want it." BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Just reading your letter was stressful, and not because the kid-swarm sounded so terrible. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) We got even less sleep than usual at times this year due to the stressful campaign for U.S. president. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) adj extremely irritating to the nerves the stressful days before a war Syn nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, trying disagreeable not to your liking |
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