distress

Other development indicators are distressing, especially the maternal mortality rate.
D´autres indicateurs du développement sont angoissants, particulièrement le taux de mortalité des mères.
These are distressing figures.
Ces chiffres sont affligeants.
These are distressing circumstances, admittedly, but this would have done much to help Europe' s cause.
Dans la tristesse, certes, mais cela aurait fait avancer la cause de l'Europe.
There are distressing signs of an increasing lack of interest from the major players regarding progress within the multilateral framework.
Il y a des signes regrettables d'un manque croissant d'intérêt des acteurs principaux pour les progrès faits dans le cadre multilatéral.
- (FR) The 2000 and 2001 Commission reports on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are distressing.
Les rapports 2000 et 2001 de la Commission sur l'application des principes de subsidiarité et de proportionnalité sont affligeants.
One year on, the effects of the disaster in Haiti are distressing and the situation from the human, economic and social point of view is chaotic.
Un an plus tard, les effets de la catastrophe en Haïti restent affligeants et la situation, des points de vue humain, économique et social, est chaotique.
While this may not be a pleasant revelation, it is a realistic one, which could give you the objectivity and strength to cope with life situations which are distressing but which happen to even the nicest and most decent of souls.
Bien que cette révélation puisse ne pas être agréable, elle est réaliste, ce qui pourra vous donner l'objectivité et la force nécessaires pour affronter les situations de la vie qui sont pénibles, mais se présentent même aux âmes les plus douces et les plus convenables.
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