喜樂美語
  1. 1aB1/ˈstresfəl/壓力大的；令人緊張的

    Making you worry a lot. A stressful job, experience, or situation keeps you feeling worried and tired, because there is too much to deal with or too much that could go wrong.

    示範例句 · Example

    Moving to a new house is a stressful experience — boxes everywhere, and nothing is where you left it.

    逐字搬到一間新房子是一個壓力很大的經驗——到處都是箱子，而且沒有東西在你放的地方。

    stressful 說的是「那件事本身讓人壓力很大」——主詞是工作、考試週、搬家、一段路程，不是人的心情。stress 可以想成「一直壓在身上的重量」，-ful 就像「帶著這股重量」，所以那件事會把壓力送到碰上它的人身上：The exam week was stressful。人的感覺要換成 stressed（I was stressed）。中文兩邊都講「壓力很大」，這是最容易混的地方。

    常見搭配

    • a stressful job

      壓力很大的工作

      work that keeps you worried a lot of the time

      Air traffic control is a stressful job, but Aisha loves it.

    • a stressful situation

      讓人有壓力的處境

      a set of things happening that makes people worry

      Hotel managers stay friendly with people even in stressful situations.

    • a stressful experience

      讓人壓力很大的經歷

      something you go through that makes you worry a lot

      The first night away from home was a stressful experience for Ren.

    • a stressful time / period

      壓力很大的一段時間

      a stretch of days or weeks in which there is a lot to worry about

      It was a stressful time for the whole family, but they got through it together.

    • very stressful

      壓力超大

      making you worry a great deal

      Looking after three puppies at once can be very stressful.

    • less stressful

      壓力比較小

      making you worry less than something else does

      Taking the early bus makes the whole morning less stressful.

    • a stressful lifestyle

      高壓的生活方式

      a way of living that keeps you under pressure all the time

      A stressful lifestyle leaves little room for sleep or exercise.

core核心畫面

Think of a situation that keeps pressing on you and won't let go — too much to handle, too much that could go wrong — so your mind stays tight and tired even when nothing has actually broken yet.

可以想成一種「一直壓著你、放不下」的狀態：事情太多、或太多地方可能出錯，於是腦子始終繃著、身體也跟著累。畫面比較像肩上一直扛著重量，還沒真的出事，但你已經沒辦法放鬆。這個字描述的是「造成壓力的那個東西」——工作、經驗、處境——而不是感受壓力的人，所以是 a stressful job（這份工作讓人有壓力），不是 a stressful person 在說某人自己很累。

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原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

stressfuladj/ˈstɹɛsfəl/

  • 1

    Irritating; causing stress.

    • I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change.
    • Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.
  • 2

    Mentally taxing.

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