/ stres; str?s/ n
[U, C] (pressure or worry resulting from) mental or physical distress, difficult circumstances, etc 精神上或肉體上的痛苦、 困難的情況等（所造成的壓力或憂慮）: be under/suffer from stress 在壓力下[受到壓力] * in times of stress, ie difficulty, trouble, etc 在困難時期 * the stresses and strains of modern life 現代生活的壓力和緊張.
[U] ~ (on sth) special emphasis or significance 強調; 重要性: He feels that there is not enough stress on drama at the school.他覺得這所學校對戲劇不夠重視. * She lays great stress on punctuality, ie regards it as very important. 她非常強調要遵守時刻.
[C, U] (a) (result of) extra force used in speaking a particular word or syllable 重讀; 重音: In `strategic' the stress is/falls on the second syllable. strategic這個字的重音在第二個音節上. * Stress and rhythm are important in speaking English. 說英語時, 重音和節奏是很重要的. * You must learn where to place the stresses.必須掌握在什麼地方重讀. Cf 參看 inflection 2, intonation 2. (b) (result of) extra force used when making a sound in music （音樂中聲音的）加強, 加強音: Put a stress on the first note in each bar. 每壹小節的第壹個音符要加強.
[C, U] ~ (on sth) (esp in mechanics) force that acts on a thing or between parts of a thing, and tends to pull or twist it out of shape; tension （尤指力學的）應力: High winds put great stress on the structure. 大風作用於該建築物上而產生巨大的應力. * [attrib 作定語] a stress fracture of a bone in the leg 腿部的應力性骨折.
> stress v [Tn, Tf] put stress or emphasis on (sth) 著重, 強調（某事物）; 重讀（某音節）; 加強（某音符）: You stress the first syllable in `happiness'. happiness壹字的第壹個音節要重讀. * He stressed the point that.... 他強調這壹點.... * I must stress that what I say is confidential. 我要強調我說的話是保密的.
stressful / -fl; -f?l/ adj causing stress(1) 有壓力的: She finds her new teaching job very stressful. 她覺得新的教學工作非常緊張.
# `stress mark mark (as used in this dictionary) to indicate the stress(3a) on a syllable in a word 重音符號（表示字中某壹音節須重讀的符號, 如本詞典所用的）: In the word `sympathetic' / ?s?mp?θet?k; ?s?mp?ˋθ?t?k/ the primary stress (`) is on the third syllable, and the secondary stress (,) is on the first syllable. 在sympathetic壹字中, 主重音符號（`）是在第三個音節上, 次重音符號（,）在第壹個音節上.