take/go to (great) pains to do something

(also take pains with/over something)CAREFUL to make a special effort to do something 煞费苦心做某事；十分努力地做某事

He’s taken great pains to improve his image.

他煞费苦心要改善自己的形象。

Examples from the Corpus

take/go to (great) pains to do something• Mr Lendrem has gone to great pains to establish one thing: that all of his preconceptions concerning bird behaviour are true.• However, composers often go to great pains to keep to true intervals.

→ take/go to (great) pains to do something at pain1(2)

单词	take/go to (great) pains to do something
释义	take/go to (great) pains to do something take/go to (great) pains to do something (also take pains with/over something)CAREFUL to make a special effort to do something 煞费苦心做某事；十分努力地做某事 He’s taken great pains to improve his image. 他煞费苦心要改善自己的形象。 Examples from the Corpus take/go to (great) pains to do something• Mr Lendrem has gone to great pains to establish one thing: that all of his preconceptions concerning bird behaviour are true.• However, composers often go to great pains to keep to true intervals. → take/go to (great) pains to do something at pain1(2)
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