- [uncountable, countable]
the feelings that you have in your body when you have been hurt or when you are ill （身体上的）疼痛 a cry of pain 痛苦的喊叫 - in pain
She was clearly in a lot of pain. 她显然疼痛万分。 He screamed in pain as he fell to his knees. 他跪下时痛苦地尖叫起来。 - pain in something
He felt a sharp pain in his knee. 他感到膝盖一阵剧痛。 chronic/acute/severe pain 慢性/急性/剧烈疼痛 patients suffering from back pain 背痛患者 stomach/chest/abdominal/back pains 胃痛/胸痛/腹痛/背痛 You get more aches and pains as you get older. 年纪越大，病痛就越多。 The booklet contains information on pain relief during labour. 这本小册子介绍了减轻分娩疼痛的知识。 This cream should help to relieve the pain. 这种药膏应有助于止痛。 These pills should ease the pain. 这些药丸应该会缓解疼痛。 to feel/experience/suffer pain 感到/经历/遭受痛苦 It's wrong to inflict pain on any animal. 伤害任何动物都是不道德的。 I was able to learn pain management techniques. 我能够学习疼痛管理技术。
Homophones pain | panepain pane- pain noun
These pills should ease the pain. 这些药丸应该会缓解疼痛。
- pain verb
It did pain him to see his ex happily married. 看到他的前任幸福地结婚，他确实很痛苦。
- pane noun
The burglars got in by breaking a pane of glass in a door. 窃贼是打碎了门上的一块玻璃进了屋的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessa2Can you feel any pain? 你能感觉到痛吗？ His face was contorted with pain as he crossed the finish line. 冲过终点线时，他疼得脸都变了形。 I have a very low threshold for pain. 我这人痛点很低。 If the pain persists, see your doctor. 如果还是疼的话，就去看医生。 She had a burning pain in one eye. 她的一只眼睛有灼痛感。 The pains began shortly after she started work as a gardener. 她当上园丁不久，疼痛就开始了。 The treatments helped manage his pain. 这些治疗有助于帮他止痛。 Your doctor should be able to do something for the pain. 你的医生应该有办法减轻你的疼痛。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- agonizing
- awful
- …
- spasm
- stab
- be in
- be racked with
- experience
- …
- begin
- come
- occur
- …
- control
- management
- relief
- …
- pain in
- aches and pains
- a cry of pain
- a threshold for pain
- …
- [uncountable, countable]
mental or emotional difficulty 痛苦；苦恼；烦恼 - the pain of something
the pain of separation 离别的痛苦 - the pain of doing something
It took him several years to get over the pain of losing his job. 他花了好几年时间才摆脱失去工作的苦痛。 I never meant to cause her pain. 我从没有让她痛苦之意。 the pleasures and pains of growing old 变老的苦与乐 a life full of pain and suffering 充满痛苦和苦难的生活
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa2Ellen saw the pain etched on his face when he mentioned his ex-wife's name. 埃伦提到他前妻的名字时，能看见刻在他脸上的痛苦。 For a few moments she forgot the pain he had caused her. 有那么一会儿她忘了他给她造成的痛苦。 I could sense her pain and put my arm around her. 我能感觉到她的痛苦，于是伸出一只胳膊搂着她。 It was lovely to have someone there to share both the pain and the joy. 有人分享欢乐、分担痛苦，真好。 Nothing could heal the pain of her son's death. 没有什么能治好儿子去世带给她的痛苦。 Through her drug addiction she had inflicted a lot of pain on the family. 因吸毒上瘾，她给家庭带来了巨大的痛苦。 We hoped to spare her the pain of having to meet her attacker. 为了不让她感到痛苦，我们希望能够避免让她见到攻击她的人。 The government has to persuade the people that the economic reforms are worth the pain. 政府必须使人民相信经济改革引起的痛苦是值得的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- immense
- intense
- …
- cause (somebody)
- give somebody
- inflict
- …
- the pain etched on somebody’s face
- the pain of something
- [countable] (informal)
a person or thing that is very annoying 讨厌的人（或事）；令人头痛的人（或事） She can be a real pain when she's in a bad mood. 她脾气不好时，真是令人头痛。 It's a pain having to go all that way for just one meeting. 就为了见一面，要跑那么远的路，真烦死人了。
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘suffering inflicted as punishment for an offence’): from Old French peine, from Latin poena ‘penalty’, later ‘pain’.
Idioms
no pain, no gain
- (saying)
used to say that you need to suffer if you want to achieve something 不劳则无获
on/under pain of something
a pain in the neck
(British English also a pain in the arse/backside)
(North American English also a pain in the ass/butt)
- (informal)
a person or thing that is very annoying 讨厌的人（或事）；令人头痛的人（或事） That man's a pain in the neck! 那个男人太讨厌了！