painful

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a. 痛苦的, 困难的, 令人烦恼的 [医] 疼痛的

发音

US /ˈpeɪn.fl̩/

词形变化

painfulest painfuller 比较级 painfuller painfullest more painful 比较级 painfullest 最高级 most painful 最高级

别名

painfull

教材释义与例句

形容词

痛苦的；疼痛的；令人不快的

if a part of your body is painful, it hurts

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。

释义与例句

adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.

    痛苦的

    疼痛的

  2. 2.

    Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).

    痛苦的

    疼痛的

  3. 3.

    Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.

    吃力的

    艰苦的

  4. 4.

    Painstaking; careful; industrious.

    古体
  5. 5.

    Very bad, poor.

    非正式

    His violin playing is painful.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 9

terrible awful sore dreadful irritating unspeakable abominable atrocious afflictive

反义词 1

painless

近义相关 10

bad sensitive uncomfortable bitter raw sore tender unpleasant biting itchy

参见 2

harmful inhumane

相关短语

painful bladder syndrome painful on the eyes

词源

From Middle English paynful, peinful, peynful, paynefull, peynefull, equivalent to pain + -ful. Compare Danish pinefuld (“painful”).

来源：wiktionary