English → Chinese
pain
/BrE peɪn 
, AmE peɪn /
▶[Illnesses, aches, and pains] A noun
1 [uncountable] (physical or mental suffering) 痛苦;
to scream/yell with pain 痛苦地尖叫／大叫;
a cry of pain 痛苦的喊叫;
the pain of separation/loss 分离／死别之苦
2 [countable] (localized discomfort) 疼痛;
a pain in the shoulder/leg 肩疼／腿疼;
whereabouts is the pain? 哪里疼？;
stomach/abdominal/period/labour pains 胃痛／腹痛／经痛／分娩阵痛
3 [countable] informal derogatory (nuisance) (person) 讨厌的人; (thing) 烦心事;
a pain in the neck (person) 讨厌的人; (thing) 烦心事;
my father/this typewriter is a pain in the neck 我父亲／这台打字机真烦人;
a pain in the arse British or ass US vulgar slang (person) 极讨厌的人; (thing) 极烦心的事
4 [uncountable]
on pain of sth/doing sth; 违反则以某事／做某事论处;
you are forbidden on pain of death to take messages to the prisoners 不得向犯人传信，违者处死
B pains
plural noun
辛苦;
to take or go to pains over or with sth 小心翼翼地做某事;
to take pains to do sth 费力做某事;
to be at pains to do sth 下苦功做某事;
to spare no pains (to do sth) 不遗余力（做某事）;
for my/his/her pains ironic 作为我／他／她辛苦的报酬;
he got a black eye for his pains 辛苦一番，他却被揍得眼圈青肿
C transitive verb
1 (give pain to) «part of body» 使疼痛;
my leg still pains me a little 我的腿仍然有点疼
2 (grieve, distress)
it pains me to do this formal 做这事让我心痛;
it pains me to see how thin she has become 看到她变得这么瘦，我很心痛