painfully

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adv. 痛苦地, 苦恼地, 费力地

发音

US /ˈpeɪnfəli/

词形变化

more painfully 比较级 most painfully 最高级

教材释义与例句

副词

痛苦地，费力地

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    In a painful manner; as if in pain.

    I limped painfully down the stairs.

  2. 2.

    Badly; poorly.

    非正式

    That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 2

sorely distressingly

反义词 1

painlessly

词源

From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.

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