pains

1. N-VAR 痛；疼痛
   Pain is the feeling of great discomfort you have, for example when you have been hurt or when you are ill.
   1. ...back pain.
      背痛
   2. ...a bone disease that caused excruciating pain...
      造成剧痛的骨病
   3. To help ease the pain, heat can be applied to the area with a hot water bottle...
      用热水瓶热敷疼痛部位有助于缓解疼痛。
   4. I felt a sharp pain in my lower back...
      我感觉到后腰一阵剧痛。
   5. The illness began with a nagging pain.
      那种病一开始是持续疼痛。
   6. ...chest pains.
      胸痛
2. N-UNCOUNT 痛苦；悲痛
   Pain is the feeling of unhappiness that you have when something unpleasant or upsetting happens.
   1. ...grey eyes that seemed filled with pain.
      似乎充满了痛苦的灰眼睛
3. VERB 使痛苦；使苦恼
   If a fact or idea pains you, it makes you feel upset and disappointed.
   1. This public acknowledgment of Ted's disability pained my mother...
      这一下大家都知道了特德的残疾，这让母亲非常痛苦。
   2. It pains me to think of you struggling all alone.
      想到你一个人苦苦挣扎，我很难过。
4. 讨厌鬼，烦心事（英国英语亦用a pain in the arse, a pain in the backside等，美国英语亦用a pain in the ass, a pain in the butt等，但多数人认为具冒犯意味）
   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 and a pain in the backside in British English, or a pain in the ass and a pain in the butt in American English, are also used, but most people consider them offensive.
5. PHRASE （尤指为避免困境而）急切想做，迫切想要做
   If someone is at pains to do something, they are very eager and anxious to do it, especially because they want to avoid a difficult situation.
   1. Mobil is at pains to point out that the chances of an explosion at the site are remote.
      美孚公司急于说明那个地点发生爆炸的可能性微乎其微。
6. PHRASE 作为辛劳的回报；付出千辛万苦，到头来却…
   You say that something was all you got for your pains when you are mentioning the disappointing result of situation into which you put a lot of work or effort.
   1. All Corfield got for his pains was a bullet in the head...
      科菲尔德千辛万苦，到头来却被一枪爆头。
   2. The Professor lavished his learning on the young visitor but gained little gratitude for his pains.
      教授将自己的学识倾囊传授给那位年轻访客，到头来却没有获得一点感激。
7. PREP-PHRASE 如违反则以…处罚
   If someone is ordered not to do something on pain of or under pain of death, imprisonment, or arrest, they will be killed, put in prison, or arrested if they do it.
   1. We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.
      我们被禁止使用母语，违者将被关进监狱。
8. PHRASE 煞费苦心；尽心竭力
   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.
   1. Social workers went to great pains to acknowledge men's domestic rights...
      社会工作者尽量尊重男性的家庭权利。
   2. I had taken great pains with my appearance.
      我在自己的容貌上下了很多工夫。

1. He was suffering from pains in his abdomen.
   他感到腹部剧痛。
2. It seems to ease all the aches and pains of a hectic and tiring day.
   繁忙劳碌了一天所带来的周身酸痛似乎被一扫而空。
3. On New Year's Eve he confided that he had suffered rather troubling chest pains
   新年前夜，他诉说他胸口疼得相当厉害。
4. They both suffered from crippling pains in their hips.
   他们俩都感到髋部疼痛难忍。
5. She experienced an increase in generalized aches and pains.
   她感到周身疼痛加剧。
6. There's some sympathy for this new country's growing pains, but that sympathy is fast wearing out.
   一些人对这个新国家建国初期遇到的困难表示同情，但是那种同情很快就消失了。
7. I thought the pains meant I was going into labour.
   我还以为这些疼痛意味着我要生了呢。
8. It pains me to think of you struggling all alone.
   想到你一个人苦苦挣扎，我很难过。
9. Mobil is at pains to point out that the chances of an explosion at the site are remote.
   美孚公司急于说明那个地点发生爆炸的可能性微乎其微。
10. All Corfield got for his pains was a bullet in the head
    科菲尔德千辛万苦，到头来却被一枪爆头。
11. The Professor lavished his learning on the young visitor but gained little gratitude for his pains.
    教授将自己的学识倾囊传授给那位年轻访客，到头来却没有获得一点感激。
12. Social workers went to great pains to acknowledge men's domestic rights
    社会工作者尽量尊重男性的家庭权利。
13. I had taken great pains with my appearance.
    我在自己的容貌上下了很多工夫。
14. They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well
    他们千方百计雇用那些性格上天生适合服务顾客的人。
15. It gives rapid relief from rheumatic aches and pains.
    它能迅速缓解风湿疼痛。
16. He took great pains to write on his subject without a trace of sensationalism.
    他尽力不带一丝哗众取宠的色彩来写作他的题材。
17. He had violent stomach pains.
    他胃疼得厉害。
18. They've stopped the project and will write this off as part of the growing pains of a new organization.
    他们已经叫停并将取消该项目，将其视作新机构发展过程中必须经历的一种痛楚。
19. No pains, no gains.
    不劳则无获。
20. If you try to help him, you will be a fool for your pains.
    要是你想帮助他这个人，那将是吃力不讨好。
21. He took great pains to manage the factory well.
    为了管理好工厂，他可真是煞费苦心。
22. He has pains [ pain; a pain] in the arm.
    他手臂痛。
23. She took great pains with her English lessons and got high marks.
    她下苦功学习英语，获得了高分。
24. She took great pains in educating her children.
    她煞费苦心教育她的子女。
25. Which tooth pains you?
    你哪一颗牙齿痛？
26. As you get older, you have all sorts of aches and pains.
    人老了，你就会有各种各样的病痛。
27. She had aches and pains all over after the four-day trip.
    四天的旅行后她感到浑身上下十分疼痛。
28. He took pains to make me realize my mistake.
    他费了很多力气，让我认识到自己的错误。
29. Muscular aches and pains can be soothed by a relaxing massage.
    做放松按摩可以减轻肌肉疼痛。
30. With great pains and much patience, I at last managed to get from the information I wanted.
    我费了很大劲和很大耐心，最后总算得到了我想要的情报。

n.

be at pains to do sth

• 下苦功；花大力气
  to put a lot of effort into doing sth correctly
  1. She was at great pains to stress the advantages of the new system.
     她极力强调新制度的优点。

for your pains

• 作为回报；作为答谢
  as payment, reward or thanks for sth you have done
  1. I told her what I thought and got a mouthful of abuse for my pains!
     我跟她讲了我的想法，而得到的回报竟是破口大骂！

take (great) pains (to do sth)

go to great pains (to do sth)

• 兢兢业业地做某事；费力地做某事
  to put a lot of effort into doing sth
  1. The couple went to great pains to keep their plans secret.
     这对夫妇煞费苦心，对计划守口如瓶。

take (great) pains with/over sth

• 小心翼翼地做某事
  to do sth very carefully
  1. He always takes great pains with his lectures.
     他总是仔细用心地准备讲稿。

noun

1. an effortful attempt to attain a goal

   Synonym:    strivingnisusstrain