| 单词 | painful |
| 释义 | painful (peɪnfʊl ) 1. adjective [oft ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] B1+ If a part of your body is painful, it hurts because it is injured or because there is something wrong with it. Her glands were swollen and painful. I have arthritis in my hips and it is painful to walk. Sampras awaits the results of a bone scan on a painful left shin. Synonyms: sore, hurting, smarting, aching painfully adverb [ADVERB with verb] His tooth had started to throb painfully again. 2. adjective B1+ If something such as an illness, injury, or operation is painful, it causes you a lot of physical pain. ...a painful back injury. Sunburn is painful and potentially dangerous. painfully adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 He cracked his head painfully against the cupboard. 3. adjective [oft ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] B2 Situations, memories, or experiences that are painful are difficult and unpleasant to deal with, and often make you feel sad and upset. Remarks like that brought back painful memories. ...the painful transition to democracy. She finds it too painful to return there without him. painfully adverb [ADVERB with verb] ...their old relationship, which he had painfully broken off. Synonyms: distressingly, clearly, sadly, unfortunately 4. adjective [oft ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] If a performance or interview is painful, it is so bad that it makes you feel embarrassed for the people taking part in it. [informal] The interview was painful to watch. Synonyms: terrible [informal], awful, dreadful, dire Collocations: painful cut That will require a prolonged and painful cut in living standards. Times, Sunday Times Such rises can mean a painful cut in money left over for non-essential spending, particularly for those on fixed incomes. Times, Sunday Times The ploy can also be used to ease in painful cuts. Times, Sunday Times Whatever the swift and painful cuts election result, swift and painful cuts are unavoidable. The Sun There are going to be some painful cuts in public services. The Sun It's been a tough couple of years playing on grass with my painful knees. Times, Sunday Times My ligaments have stretched and it's caused me painful knees. The Sun Trotting in reverse puts less pressure on inflamed and painful knees than traditional running forwards, a study found. The Sun The weary and painful past will be as if it never happened. Christianity Today However, her painful past relationships lead her to keep him at arm's length. The Sun The 85-year-old historian's boundless affection has inspired a determined effort to understand its painful past. Times, Sunday Times It tells the stories of some of the city's intriguing residents, including an architect with a painful past. The Sun The case was solved as much by revisiting one family's painful past as by scientific developments. Times, Sunday Times But the survivors, for their part, didn’t always want to remember, much less speak about that painful period. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many will feel the pinch during this painful period. Times,Sunday Times The advanced industrial economies are set for a painful period of adjustment. Times, Sunday Times A painful period was the student disturbances in early 1969 that resulted in the closure of the school for 25 days. Times, Sunday Times During the painful period of initial adjustment it was indeed the poorest and those in low-priority occupations who were worst affected. The Times Literary Supplement Her forehead had been expanded - a painful procedure carried out by injecting saline over six months - to provide the extra tissue. Times, Sunday Times She and others were then branded on the hip with an iron: an excruciatingly painful procedure that took about 20 minutes. Times,Sunday Times He did not receive any anaesthetic for the painful procedure. Times, Sunday Times Talk to your pediatrician about pain relievers before a potentially painful procedure. canada.com It was a very painful procedure, but there was no way she could live with that damage. The Sun This awareness only comes after a long and painful process. The Times Literary Supplement The virtual removal from the painful process of payment has a lot to answer for here. Times, Sunday Times It has been a painful process just to get the money. Times, Sunday Times See the bereavement counsellor for as long as it takes - but it may be a painful process. The Sun I like to hope my small contribution will help that painful process continue. Times, Sunday Times But the cold water forced him to wear a wetsuit, which caused a painful rash on his neck. The Sun Later that summer a painful rash appeared on the right side of his head that made him feel rotten. Times, Sunday Times On humans, this will most likely cause a nonlethal, but nevertheless painful rash typically persisting for about 20 minutes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It appears as a red, swollen, warm, hardened and painful rash, similar in consistency to an orange peel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The next morning she was covered in painful rashes. The Sun Many in the party thought if they could not win in those circumstances of painful recession they could never win at all. Times, Sunday Times He says it's a response to people feeling disconnected, to 'immigration that's too high, the long, painful recession'. Times, Sunday Times The result was a painful recession. Times, Sunday Times The consequence was a steep and painful recession with immense social costs. Times, Sunday Times Nothing will prevent a painful recession for 2009. Times, Sunday Times All the painful reform in the periphery states will generate little payback. Times, Sunday Times Rather, he argued that the bond-buying mechanism would make it more possible for virtuous governments to pursue painful reform. Times, Sunday Times Company owners have also had to deal with a painful reform of business rates and the widely derided apprenticeship levy, seen as little more than an extra tax. Times, Sunday Times It shields, he says, governments and other market participants from the disciplinary force of the markets and could make it easier for them to postpone painful reform. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They push through the kind of painful reforms that help to drive up those abysmal growth rates. Times,Sunday Times All these fascinating attractions serve as a painful reminder of the darker moments of this glorious island's past. The Sun It's a painful reminder that the biggest winners from high-profile takeover deals are often investment bankers, lawyers and accountants rather than shareholders. Times, Sunday Times It was not only the scoreboard - defeat by 251 runs - that was a painful reminder. Times, Sunday Times It should get its licence back in the near future but it has been a painful reminder of what can happen in emerging markets. Times, Sunday Times Every so often even the greatest of players receives a painful reminder. Times, Sunday Times The house builder's return to the market after almost six years of painful restructuring underlines renewed confidence in the sector. Times, Sunday Times Last week it returned to profit after a painful restructuring which saw several loss-making ventures closed. Times, Sunday Times Today, all the casualties of those dark days have been slowly nursed back to health through some painful restructuring. Times, Sunday Times The taxman's assistance sowed the seeds for a painful restructuring that cost the group's creditors millions, but kept the underlying business trading. Times, Sunday Times It has been forced into a painful restructuring, winding up businesses and selling assets. Times,Sunday Times The president's popularity has slumped over the summer as the public has lost faith in his ability to provide prosperity without painful sacrifice. Times, Sunday Times I have made excruciatingly painful sacrifices to be here. Christianity Today They made painful sacrifices and brought us glory. The Sun This event, so important to our social and political life, and so significant for the future of the republic, has ended, happily and with costly and painful sacrifices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Call it a sharp dispute, a war of words or a painful separation. Times, Sunday Times They had spent so much time together that it was a painful separation. Times, Sunday Times These ideas nestled close to each other, living together even as they led very solitary lives because of violent and painful separation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Folk tales tell of a very painful separation caused by two priests. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several of our members had gone through painful separations. Christianity Today It was a painful shock when, soon after publication, he discovered from newly opened archives that his father had informed on his family and others for the secret police. Times, Sunday Times The researchers tested 26 people, using the lasers to administer painful shocks in different parts of the body. Times, Sunday Times If they didn't return hugs they got painful shocks and if they tried to climb out of the window to escape the shocks they got shocked. Times, Sunday Times They gave painful shocks to married womens ankles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While reduced in size, the stingers lose potency, inflicting only painful shocks, but her strength remains unchanged. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the midst of that painful silence we are compelled to redefine our concept of prayer. Christianity Today After such a long and painful silence, police should shout - or get off the pot. The Sun But the rest was silence, painful silence. Times, Sunday Times The very mention of it causes people to freeze into long and painful silence. Mail and Guardian I did painful silences and tears first time around. Times, Sunday Times This sounds like cramp - painful spasms of the muscles, typically affecting the legs or feet at night. The Sun I have regular physiotherapy to try to use the right muscles and reduce painful spasms. Times, Sunday Times Here, the muscles in the gullet wall become uncoordinated, resulting in difficulty swallowing, regurgitation, painful spasms and coughing bouts. The Sun In general, it occurs as painful spasms in the foot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Additionally, it usually causes an increase in peristaltic waves, which can lead to painful spasms of the intestine, producing subsequent spasmodic colic. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I help to pollinate plants but have a painful sting. The Sun The markings carry a message — don't bite, because these slugs deliver a painful sting. Times, Sunday Times Marine experts reckon it was a barrel jellyfish - which can deliver a painful sting. The Sun It gives a particularly painful sting. The Sun It has a painful sting, like that of a hornet sting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But this op can be life-threatening, with patients facing painful surgery as well as horrendous side-effects. The Sun He also undergoes further painful surgery that enables him to drive. Times, Sunday Times This moving programme follows the twins as they undergo two years of painful surgery. The Sun But you don't need pricey and painful surgery to turn back the clock. The Sun With self-knowledge comes responsibility: the decision whether to agree to years of painful surgery. Times, Sunday Times Massage can relieve the painful symptoms and increase flexibility. Times, Sunday Times But their bodies’ painful symptoms would have warned them that their demise was imminent, giving them time to try to escape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He warned it was only suitable for those without painful symptoms. The Sun Rest the joint which will also help minimize painful symptoms and allow the healing to begin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It produces some of the most dramatic and painful symptoms of any known toxic reaction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His colourful story, however, tells of a painful transition from a brief but spectacular riding career. Times, Sunday Times By directing some thought and action before a move, our families can help build a sense of home even in the most painful transition. Christianity Today The long shadow of the recession still lies across our holiday plans, and our painful transition from minted to skinted has changed our travel habits. Times, Sunday Times What we are currently going through isn't a permanent decline - it's just a painful transition. The Sun It may be a painful transition for some conventional agents but the best will embrace it and survive — and thrive. The Sun She showed incredible courage in refusing more painful treatment for her leukaemia, choosing to spend the time she had left with family. The Sun The wristband had become a trigger reminding me of unwanted, painful treatment. Christianity Today The painful treatments and subsequent infections kept her off work for eight weeks and drove her into debt. The Sun Now the financial researcher faces years of expensive and painful treatments to reconstruct her disfigured lip. The Sun The condition was exacerbated by the visit and on his return he had to undergo painful treatment, but afterwards felt better than he had for years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The conclusions of the summit were plainly influenced by corporate self-interest and by the all-too painful truth that the state has run out of money. Times, Sunday Times Confronting the painful truth of the extent of his pitiful drink problem was an important step in planning for a long and sober future. The Sun A spartan lexicon captures the redundancy, repetition and inconsequentiality of the narrator's skittering thoughts, as she flinches from the painful truth. The Times Literary Supplement That was the painful truth. The Sun Well researched and engagingly written, this exemplary work reveals a hidden history and explains a painful truth. Times, Sunday Times Its venomous dorsal spines can inflict a painful wound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The long stinging spine on the tail of this ray can inflict a painful wound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Large gars are capable of inflicting a painful wound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These sharks should be handled with care as their fin spines can inflict a painful wound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Stingarees have one or two relatively large, venomous stinging spines on their tail for defense, with which they can inflict a painful wound on humans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He tried hard not to show pain but that six-hole stretch made for particularly painful viewing. Times, Sunday Times One particularly painful episode sticks in the memory. Times, Sunday Times To have that in one evening was particularly painful. Times,Sunday Times It will be particularly painful when the time comes to sell. Times, Sunday Times Not frightening, not particularly painful or hard to behold or 'accept', not even (for me) 'tragic'. Times, Sunday Times It seemed almost physically painful for him to talk about family matters. Times, Sunday Times The shock and raw grief was physically painful. The Sun It was almost physically painful. Times, Sunday Times Humans do a lot of other things to animals that may not be physically painful but are still in some sense distressing, degrading or exploitative. Times, Sunday Times Better to understand our forefathers' deeds, however politically painful. Times, Sunday Times However, weaning the country off coal will be politically painful. Times, Sunday Times While the government's proposed solution may sort out the public finances, it will be politically painful and highly inequitable. Times, Sunday Times And the actions that many of the key players must take will still remain economically and politically painful to implement. Times, Sunday Times With polls showing that voters remain deeply disenchanted with the performance of much of the public sector, it looks politically painful, too. Times, Sunday Times In reality, all will have to find potentially painful ways of balancing the nation's books. Times, Sunday Times Admittedly, it's likely to be a slow and potentially painful recovery, and investors are understandably keen to protect their wealth and keep it close. Times, Sunday Times Talk to your pediatrician about pain relievers before a potentially painful procedure. canada.com Through the use of this artificial visual feedback it becomes possible for the patient to move the phantom limb, and to unclench it from potentially painful positions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yes, of course it was terribly painful for all of us, but for me it never felt traumatic. Times, Sunday Times They weren't terribly painful to our church, but they were sapping energy from those who could serve more effectively elsewhere. Christianity Today He died at the age of fifty-four, having developed a rare disease of the vertebra and pathological growths that made any movement terribly painful, if not impossible. The Times Literary Supplement The revelations are almost unbearably painful and from the beginning we see how her parents' failing marriage teed up her own despair. Times, Sunday Times Massages ranging from featherweight to sports-weight to deep-tissue weight to unbearably painful weight. Times, Sunday Times Their catalogue will be unbearably painful. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 疼痛的 Japanese: 痛い |
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