He died distressingly by the sword

他惨死于剑下。

The companies were also charged with stimulating economic development and ameliorating social ills in Eskimo villages. Here, they have been less successful. Some of the problems faced by Eskimos, such as high suicide rates, are common in other isolated northerly places.|| But other ills are distressingly specific—like the prevalence of domestic violence.|| Alcohol is partly to blame. Booze cannot be bought or sold in Bethel, the regional hub, but there is a vibrant black market. Alcohol-related injuries are common. Bethel’s prison, which has exceeded its capacity, is full of hungover felons.

1:在爱斯基摩村庄，这些公司在促进经济发展，缓解社会弊病方面也可圈可点，但这方面的成果并没有这般显著。||2:虽说部分爱斯基摩人的问题在其他北方孤地也能找到印记如高自杀率，但有些问题却是它“独具一格”，如内部暴力行为普遍。||3:在这方面酒精要负一部分责任，即使它在地区枢纽伯特利的交易市场上销声匿迹，却在活跃的黑市上饱受追捧。||4:酒精导致的伤害十分普遍，伯特利的监狱里塞满了“醉”犯，已超其负荷。

At the moment, the world’s pandemic-alert system is distressingly secretive.

当前，世界范围内的流行病预警系统不仅差强人意而且遮遮掩掩。

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。

Distressingly little has been written about deployment.

令人苦恼的是，关于部署的作品还很少。

AMERICAN labour markets are faltering, and the script looks distressingly familiar.

美国劳动力市场每况愈下，本文看来带给人的也是熟悉的忧虑感。

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。

But distressingly , peasants, like pandas, show little inclination to reproduce themselves.

然而悲哀的是，农民就和熊猫一样后继乏人。

Much of the vast neo-Darwinian literature is distressingly uncritical.

伤脑筋的是，众多新达尔文主义著作都缺乏批判性。

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。

With the support of the credit gone, a period of housing-market weakness was inevitable, but the actual decline has been distressingly bad.

由于优惠政策取消，楼市出现一段时间的疲软不可避免，但是实际的衰退情况一直很糟糕，令人苦恼。

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

整个银行业上缴的税款不太可能很低。