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a.填补一下相应单词的中文释义（有一词多义的其他词义也请给出），市场统一零售价5考元一个释义
b.每个单词下面的例句有兴趣有时间翻译的同学也可翻译一下方便他人，市场统一零售价10考元一个句子翻译
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 本期词汇：
distress • pain • suffering • anguish • torture • agony • hurt • misery
These are all words for a feeling of great unhappiness that you get when you are hurt emotionally by sth that happens or what sb does or says.
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
► distress/pain/anguish/hurt/misery at sth
► in distress/pain/anguish/agony/misery
► great distress/pain/suffering/anguish/agony/hurt/misery
► real distress/pain/suffering/anguish/torture/hurt/misery
► sheer/absolute torture/agony/misery
► physical/emotional distress/pain/suffering/anguish/torture/agony/hurt
► mental distress/pain/suffering/anguish/torture/agony
► personal distress/pain/suffering/anguish/agony/hurt/misery
► to endure the distress/pain/suffering/torture/agony/misery
► to bear the pain/suffering/anguish/torture/misery
► to go through pain/suffering/anguish/torture/agony/misery
► to suffer distress/pain/anguish/torture/agony/hurt/misery
► to inflict pain/suffering/anguish/torture/agony/hurt/misery
► to cause (sb) distress/pain/suffering/anguish/agony/hurt/misery
► to spare sb the distress/pain/anguish/torture/agony/misery
► to ease sb's distress/pain/suffering/anguish/agony/misery
distress [ U ]
a feeling of great unhappiness or worry caused by sth unpleasant that has happened to you or that you think might happen
She went through a period of deep emotional distress in her teens.
pain [ U ] a feeling of great unhappiness caused by sth unpleasant that has happened to you or that sb has done or said
She had never meant to cause him any pain. OPP pleasure
suffering [ U ] a feeling of great unhappiness caused by sth unpleasant that has happened to you, sometimes involving being without a home, money, food or safety
The taunts of her schoolmates caused her intense mental suffering. Suffering can also be a physical feeling.
NOTE distress, pain or suffering?
These are all words for a feeling of great unhappiness.
Distress can also be a feeling of worry: I was in such distress , wondering what had happened to them. ◇ [strike]I was in such pain/suffering, wondering what had happened to them. [/strike]
[strike][/strike]Both pain and suffering can also be physical and sometimes they can be both physcial and emotional at the same time: It was a life full of pain and suffering. Pain is used especially when the hurt is more individual and the cause more personal, such as the death of a loved one or sth unkind that sb has said or done to you. Suffering is used especially when the hurt affects a large number of people and is caused by sth on a larger scale such as a war or natural disaster.
anguish [ U ] ( rather formal )
great suffering, especially emotional suffering
Tears of anguish filled her eyes.
torture [ U ] ( informal ) extreme suffering, especially emotional suffering; sth that causes this
Falling in love with a man she could never have was exquisite torture. Torture is the only word in this group that cannot be used after ‘in’ : [strike]He cried out in torture. [/strike]
agony [ U , C ]
extreme emotional suffering; sth that causes this
The worst agonies of the war were now beginning.
Agony can also be physical pain.
hurt [ U , sing. ] ( rather informal ) a feeling of unhappiness because sb has been unkind or unfair to you
It was a hurt that would take a long time to heal.
misery [ U , C ] great suffering, especially emotional suffering, that lasts a long time; a very unpleasant experience or situation in which people suffer very much
( BrE ) My old boss used to make my life a misery . In American English say make my life miserable . NOTE anguish, torture, agony or misery?
The main differences between these words are the degree of suffering and the level of formality.
Agony suggests the most suffering. Torture also suggests extreme suffering, but it is used in informal spoken Enlgish in an exaggerated way: the situations that cause the torture may not in fact be very serious. Anguish is a rather formal word and is slightly less extreme than agony and torment . Misery may be less intense suffering but it may last a much longer time.
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