painful的意思|painful的解释-里氏词典

painful ['peinful]

a. 痛苦的, 困难的, 令人烦恼的

[医] 疼痛的

painful

[ adj ]

causing physical or psychological pain

<adj.all>

worked with painful slowness

causing misery or pain or distress

<adj.all>

it was a sore trial to him

the painful process of growing up

exceptionally bad or displeasing

<adj.all>

atrocious taste

abominable workmanship

an awful voice

dreadful manners

a painful performance

terrible handwriting

an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room

causing physical discomfort

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bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful

Painful \Pain"ful\, a.
1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either
physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
--Addison.

2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with
laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.

3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. [Obs.] --Fuller.

A very painful person, and a great clerk. --Jer.
Taylor.

Nor must the painful husbandman be tired. --Dryden.

Syn: Disquieting; troublesome; afflictive; distressing;
grievous; laborious; toilsome; difficult; arduous.
※ -- {Pain"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Pain"ful*ness}, n.

There was no mention of that raid in the Iraqi communique, which declared that Iraq would inflict "further painful blows on the Iranian regime" until it complies with the U.N. Security Council cease-fire resolution passed last July 20.
It affects an estimated 10 million American men, for many of whom it is a painful secret.
Even the big growth companies couldn't stand up to the painful combination of a severe recession and surging inflation.
Worse, the agency has endured some painful losses in the last year.
The imposition of order by the ANC is thus likely to be a painful prerequisite for a resumption of inward investment, and a resurgence of the economy.
Two of the other "little dragons" _ Taiwan and South Korea _ show promise for furthering what Mushkat calls "the slow and painful process" of democratic change in Asia, which has a long history of authoritarian rule.
But Shearson expanded more rapidly than any firm during the go-go 1980s, making its current retrenchment more painful and more costly than any other firm's.
Jimmy Swaggart's first revival outside his home state since he was defrocked in a sex scandal begins tonight, causing painful questions of loyalty for some fellow evangelists.
However, with companies slow to implement use the sort of painful measures taken by Japan's western counterparts - notably in relation to workforce levels - any earnings recovery may take longer than most Japanese executives hope.
As painful as they may be, recessions that are allowed to run their course set the stage for renewed, healthy expansion.
But it could prove a painful error for investors to suppose that any such thing exists today.
And in his decision, Judge Dwyer said that while painful, much of the economic dislocation from logging curbs was inevitable because of changes in timber practices and markets unrelated to owls.
The ministry asked Turcel to "convey the condolences of the Syrian government to the Turkish government and the families of the victims in this painful incident."
After running out of money in 1987, Yugoslavia has had to accept painful penance to stretch out its $19 billion debt while still holding out hope for economic growth.
Sweet, 52, was involved in a painful episode in 1983 when he was executive director of the National Council for Educational Research.
'It alerts the user to the risk of over exposure and painful sunburn before the damage is done,' says Hideo Yamamoto, vice president of technology transfer.
"The precipitous decline in demand for trans-Atlantic travel requires painful action," said Pan Am Chairman Thomas G. Plaskett in a statement.
'I only wish there was some way I could spare Nancy from this painful experience,' he said.
Given their own experience, devaluation looks an obvious policy option; but a sharp move - certainly one which put the Irish punt at a premium to the pound - would put them in a painful dilemma.
"Born on the Fourth of July," director Oliver Stone's account of Ron Kovic's painful passage from blind patriotism to unselfish protest by way of a Vietnam injury that left him a paraplegic, got eight nominations, including best picture.
In Bonn, Kohl strongly urged passage of the declaration recognizing Poland's western border, although he acknowledged that the move was painful for some Germans.
At first the adjustment will be horribly painful but in the longer term society will gain enormously because destructive lifestyles will no longer be underwritten.
So it's painful in the short-term." Mr. Katz had estimated that before yesterday's charge, Time Warner's publishing group would have earned $44 million in the third quarter, compared with $54 million a year earlier.
Other symptoms include vomiting, painful pressure and persistent noise in the ear, along with possible hearing loss.
They also have little incentive to take painful decisions whose full benefits will only become apparent long after they have left office. The policy questions surrounding pensions are complex.
Cometh the fly, cometh the man, catcheth the trout, I thought as I tied on the first of an ample stock. The sequel is painful to dwell on.
Such responsibilities can make for ambiguous and painful decisions.
"This massive deficit forces us to take necessary, although hard, measures, to avoid the painful tax of inflation," he said.
He reduced tariffs, removed price controls, raised interest rates and began a painful task of restructuring through privatization and deregulation.
The ambivalence and misgivings that make the abortion decision so painful for some women "could easily be relieved by the rationalization, yes, this is a tragic thing, but some good could come out of it," Burtchaell said.

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