painful
adj
ˈpeɪnfəl
adj
1
making
you
feel
very
upset,
or
very
difficult
and
unpleasant
for
you
令人痛苦 （难受 ）的; 困难的，令人不快的;
painful
memories/experience
etc
He
sobbed
as
he
recalled
the
painful
memory.
回想那段痛苦的往事时他啜泣起来。
Venice
was
a
painful
reminder
of
her
marriage.
威尼斯是个伤心地，让她回想起自己的婚姻。
He
and
his
wife
took
the
painful
decision
to
switch
off
their
son’s
life
support
machine.
他和妻子痛苦地决定切断儿子的生命维持器。
the
long
and
painful
process
of
growing
up
漫长而艰难的成长历程
painful
to
do
sth
It
can
be
painful
to
leave
the
house
in
which
you
were
born.
离开自己出生的房子心里会不好受。
[+
for/to
]
The
divorce
was
painful
for
both
of
us.
离婚让我俩都感到痛苦。
Even
hearing
his
name
was
painful
to
her.
甚至连听到他的名字都让她觉得痛苦。
2
if
a
part
of
your
body
is
painful,
it
hurts
〔身体某个部位〕疼痛的
stiff,
painful
joints
僵硬疼痛的关节
Is
your
arm
very
painful?
你的手臂很疼吗？
The
neck
becomes
swollen
and
painful
to
the
touch
(=hurts
when
you
touch
it)
.
脖子肿起来了，一碰就疼。
3
causing
physical
pain
引起疼痛的
a
painful
blow
on
the
head
头部遭到的痛苦的一击
excruciatingly/extremely
painful
an
excruciatingly
painful
death
极其痛苦的死亡
painful
to
do
sth
He
was
finding
it
painful
to
breathe.
他发现呼吸的时候会痛。
4
painful
if
someone’s
behaviour
or
a
performance
is
painful,
it
is
so
bad
that
it
embarrasses
people
Do
not
use
to
mean
‘feeling
pain’.
想表达感到疼痛的意思时，不要用 painful
painful
to
watch/listen
to/hear
etc
It’s
painful
to
watch
her
making
the
best
of
a
terrible
script.
看着她尽全力去演好那个蹩脚剧本真让人感到难过。
He
didn’t
feel
much
pain
(NOT
不说
feel
very
painful)
at
first!
起初他并没有觉得很疼！