A distressingly large number of firms have been breaking the rules.

违规经营的公司数目之大，令人担忧。

He died distressingly by the sword.

他惨死于剑下。

The overall tax bill from the industry might not be so distressingly low.

行业的整体税单可能没有低的如此令人沮丧。

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。

Some popular prejudices around Europe seem to have become distressingly illiberal and even racist.

弥漫在欧洲的一些偏见似乎已经演变为恼人的偏执，甚至是种族主义思潮。

Traffic lock-ups remain a distressingly common occurrence in China, even as the causes have changed.

虽然导致交通堵塞的原因层出不穷，但这一现象在中国仍然十分常见，令人苦恼。

Worst of all, unemployment is distressingly high, especially in the east and south-east and among women and the young.

最坏的就是失业率高的令人恐慌，特别是东南部地区妇女和年轻雇员的失业率。

The process is distressingly hit-or-miss, though, and the odds of a successful pregnancy go up with the number of embryos used.

但这个过程不管成功与否都很令人痛苦，成功的几率取决于植入的胚胎个数。

A distressingly large number of today’s young have found nothing to strive for beyond a day-to-day pursuit of comfort and pleasure.

今天大量的青年找不到任何超越一天天追求舒适安逸、可以为之奋斗的东西，这令人很痛心。

But before putting away the umbrellas, consider the threats to a distressingly slow recovery marred by a still-high 8.9% unemployment rate.

但是，在把雨伞收起来之前，应该考虑一下这种风险：仍然高达8.9%的失业率会导致经济复苏陷入令人痛苦的缓慢境地。

But it should also note that the world's top universities are non-profit bodies, and that Chile is distressingly far from providing equal opportunities for its people.

但他也要看到，世界顶级大学都是非营利机构，而且智利在为群众提供公平教育机会上做的非常不到位。

She writes that this technology could be abused by police, lawyers or advertisers. This is all distressingly close to the plot of the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "Total Recall."

她写到，这种虚假记忆可能会被警察、律师或广告商滥用，这太可怕了，真象阿诺德·斯瓦辛格电影《超强记忆》中的场景。

Children with marasmus are simply emaciated. The abdomens of those with kwashiorkor, however, distend in a way that is distressingly familiar from televised appeals for famine relief.

得了消瘦症的孩子们只是消瘦，然而，得了夸希奥科病的那些人的腹部则会膨胀——在让人痛苦的呼吁饥荒救济的电视播送节目当中相当常见。

Only Mulligan, so charming as the precocious teen in An Education, is distressingly wan and weak as the token saint; we'll wait for further films to see which film was the correct clue to her talents.

只有马利根（与《成长教育》中的早熟少年一样魅力四射）的表现苍白无力，有如装模作样的圣人，我们期待她更多作品的出现以决定哪一部才最能展现她的才华。