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pain /peɪn/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr.
I n.
1. 痛，疼痛
A cut gives pain. 割伤引起疼痛。
cry with pain 痛得大叫
Where is the pain? 哪儿痛?
an off-and-on pain in the abdomen 腹部断断续续的疼痛
abdominal pains 腹痛
chest pains 胸痛
She complained of severe pains in her chest. 她自诉胸部剧痛。
2. 痛苦；悲痛
the pain of separation 分离的痛苦
The death of his father gave him much pain. 父亲的去世使他极为悲痛。
3. [pains] 分娩阵痛
4. [pains] 辛苦，刻苦，努力；苦心；操心
He lavished enormous pains on the choice of every word. 他选用每个词都煞费苦心。
You may save your pains. 你不必费心了。(或：你不必白费力气了。)
5. 〈口〉苦恼，烦恼，厌恶；讨厌的人(或事)
You give me a pain! 你真叫我讨厌!
She is a real pain. 她真是个讨厌婆娘。
6. 〈古〉惩罚(现主要用于下列短语)
pains and penalties 刑罚
II ❶ vt.
1. 使疼痛；使痛苦；使讨厌，使烦恼
His impaired foot pained him sharply. 他那只受伤的脚使他感到剧烈的疼痛。
It pained me to see him thinner from illness. 看到他因病而日渐消瘦，我心里很难受。
It pains him to have to go there. 不得不去那儿使他很烦恼。
2. 〈古〉使(自己)尽力，使(自己)不辞辛苦
❷ vi.
1. 〈主美〉引起疼痛；感到疼痛
My arm is paining. 我手臂痛。
2. 〈古〉受苦
[< OFr peine< L poena punishment, grief< Gr poinē penalty] phr. a pain in the ass (或 arse, backside) 〈粗〉= a pain in the neck
a pain in the neck 〈口〉讨厌的人(或事)
You are a pain in the neck to everybody (to the government).人人(政府)见了你就讨厌。
He gave me an awful pain in the neck. 他令我讨厌极了。
at pains 尽心，费尽苦心，努力
I have been at pains to describe the nature of bronze in scientific terms.我一直在尽力设法用科学术语来描述青铜的性质。
He was at no pains to conceal the fact that he despised her.他毫不掩饰他鄙视她这一事实。
be in pain 在疼痛；在痛苦中，在苦恼中
feel no pain 1. 不觉得痛
2. 〈俚〉醉
for one's pains 〈口〉作为对辛苦的报酬
All he got for his pains was ingratitude and suspicion.他辛苦了一场，得到的却是忘恩负义与猜疑。
go to great(或 any,any great) pains 努力，费劲，煞费苦心
He went to great pains to stress his party's independence.他竭力强调他的政党的独立性。
No pain, no gain. 〈主美〉= No pains, no gains.
No pains, no gains.(或 No gains without pains.) 〈谚〉不劳则无获。
on (或 upon, under) pain of 违则以…处罚
The King urged him,on pain of death, to tell him the truth.国王叫他从实招来，否则处死。
spare no pains 不遗余力，全力以赴
take pains 努力，尽力，煞费苦心，下苦功
Great pains have (或 has) been taken. 已经花费很多心血了。
She took pains with hair.她在头发上花了一番功夫。
I took great pains to distinguish cultured pearls from genuine pearls.我花了大力气学习辨别自然珍珠与人工养殖的珍珠。
He took pains letting me smell all the different smells.他不厌其烦地让我闻了各种不同的气味。 |