"painful" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 疼痛的
• 痛苦的

Definition

引起身體疼痛的，或帶來強烈情感痛苦、不適的。它可以形容傷處、經歷、回憶，甚至尷尬的場面。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

既可用於身體上的疼，也可用於情感上的痛苦：'a painful cut', 'a painful divorce'。常見搭配有 'painful to watch', 'painful memory', 'painfully honest'。它比 'uncomfortable' 語氣更強，也更帶個人感受。

Examples

This cut on my hand is very painful.

我手上的這個傷口很**疼痛**。

It was painful to hear the bad news.

聽到這個壞消息讓人很**痛苦**。

The dentist said it might be a little painful.

牙醫說這可能會有一點**疼痛**。

Watching him apologize was almost painful.

看他道歉，幾乎讓人覺得很**難受**。

That's a painful reminder of how things ended.

那是一個讓人很**痛苦**的提醒，讓人想起事情是怎麼結束的。

Her speech was painful to sit through, but no one wanted to leave early.

她的演講聽得人很**難受**，但誰也不想提前離開。