英汉词典

A：It’s a pain (to find parking/ to park/ to find a place to park) on the street.
      在街上找（停车的地方/地方停车/地方泊车）真是一件痛苦的事情。

B：Is it?
      是吗？

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

    e.g. ...back pain.
           背痛
    e.g. ...a bone disease that caused excruciating pain...
           造成剧痛的骨病

2. 痛苦；悲痛
    Pain is the feeling of unhappiness that you have when something unpleasant or upsetting happens.

pain的反义词

    e.g. ...grey eyes that seemed filled with pain.
           似乎充满了痛苦的灰眼睛

3. 使痛苦；使苦恼
    If a fact or idea pains you, it makes you feel upset and disappointed.

pain什么意思

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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.

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5. （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.

pain的翻译

    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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. 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.

pain的解释

    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. I had taken great pains with my appearance.
           我在自己的容貌上下了很多工夫。