词汇 | stress |
词根词缀 | 词源: 1. stress (n.) c.1300, "hardship, adversity, force, pressure," in part a shortening of M.Fr. destresse (see distress), in part from O.Fr. estrece "narrowness, oppression," from V.L. *strictia, from L. strictus "compressed," pp. of stringere "draw tight" (see strain (v.)). The purely psychological sense is attested from 1942. 2. stress (v.) c.1300, "to subject (someone) to force or compulsion," from the source of stress (n.). The fig. meaning "put emphasis on" is first recorded 1896, from notion of laying pressure on something by relying on it. 词根记忆: n. 压力;重要性;应力;重音vt.强调,重读The progressive congressman dressed in black stressed his distress.穿着黑色衣服的进步国会议员强调了他的不幸. |
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