pain
noun /peɪn/
  /peɪn/
see also painsIdioms - [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/peɪn//peɪn/- pain noun- These pills should ease the pain.这些药丸应该会缓解疼痛。 
 
- These pills should ease the pain.
- 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。 
 
- It did pain him to see his ex happily married.
- 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。 
 
- The burglars got in by breaking a pane of glass in a door.
 Wordfinder- acute
- condition
- health
- medicine
- outbreak
- pain
- recover
- relapse
- terminal
- treatment
 Topics Illnessa2- Can 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。 
 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
- …
 
- a cry of 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 
 Topics Feelingsa2- Ellen 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。 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- immense
- intense
- …
 - cause (somebody)
- give somebody
- inflict
- …
 - the pain etched on somebody’s face
 
-  the pain of something the pain of separation
- [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。 
 
- She can be a real pain when she's in a bad mood.
词源Middle 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 
- (formal) with the threat of having something done to you as a punishment if you do not obey违则受到某种惩罚;违则以…论处 - They were required to cut pollution levels, on pain of a £10 000 fine if they disobeyed.他们被要求降低污染水平,违则罚款 1 万英镑。 
 
- They were required to cut pollution levels, on pain of a £10 000 fine if they disobeyed.
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! 
 
- That man's a pain in the neck!