pains

1. N-VAR Pain is the feeling of great discomfort you have, for example, when you have been hurt or when you are ill. 疼痛

...back pain. …背痛。

To help ease the pain, heat can be applied to the area with a hot water bottle. 可以用一個(gè)熱水瓶在疼痛部位熱敷來緩解疼痛。

I felt a sharp pain in my lower back. 我感到背的下部一陣劇痛。

2. PHRASE If you are in pain, you feel pain in a part of your body because you are injured or ill. 感到疼痛

She was writhing in pain, bathed in perspiration. 她正痛得扭動(dòng)著，大汗淋漓。

3. N-UNCOUNT Pain is the feeling of unhappiness that you have when something unpleasant or upsetting happens. 痛苦

...grey eyes that seemed filled with pain. …似乎充滿了痛苦的灰色眼睛。

4. V-T If a fact or idea pains you, it makes you feel upset and disappointed. 使痛苦; 使苦惱[no cont]

This public acknowledgment of Ted's disability pained my mother. 特德殘疾的公開使我母親感到痛苦。

5. PHRASE In informal English, if you call someone or something a pain or a pain in the neck, you mean that they are very annoying or irritating. Expressions such as a pain in the arse are also used, but most people consider them offensive. 討厭鬼; 煩心事[非正式]

Getting rid of unwanted applications from your PC can be a real pain. 從你的個(gè)人電腦上刪除不需要的應(yīng)用程序可以是一件很煩人的事。

6. PHRASE If you take pains to do something or go to great pains to do something, you try hard to do it, because you think it is important to do it. 下苦功

He took great pains to see that he got it right. 他下了很大的功夫以確保他弄對(duì)了。