distressingly

1. ADJ-GRADED 使人痛苦的;令人苦恼的;使人忧虑的
   If something is distressing, it upsets you or worries you.
   1. It is very distressing to see your baby attached to tubes and monitors...
      看见自己宝宝身上连着各种管子和监视器，心里会非常痛苦。
   2. Tranquillizers help alleviate the distressing symptoms of anxiety.
      镇静剂有助于缓解焦虑所带来的不安症状。

1. He died distressingly by the sword.
   他惨死于剑下。
2. From all this it follows that a distressingly large slice of the Republican Party is unreasonable.
   以上这些事实表明，很不幸地，共和党中有很大一部分人的头脑不够清醒。
3. The number of emergency telephones was distressingly inadequate.
   紧急呼救电话机数量之不足令人担忧。
4. To date the debate has been distressingly polarised.
   但到目前为止，公共辩论却令人痛苦地趋于分化。
5. Distressingly little aid has reached the people who need it most.
   少得令人痛心的援助物资已到达最需要它的人们手中。
6. Even when poor people have access, the quality of services is distressingly low.
   即使穷人能够得到这些服务，服务的质量也很差。

adv

1. unpleasantly
   1. his ignorance was painfully obvious

   Synonym:    painfully