1．pain的基本意思是“疼痛,痛苦”,可指肉体上的疼痛,也可指精神、感情上的痛苦或悲痛,泛指疼痛时是不可数名词,特指身体某部位疼痛或pain前有形容词修饰时是可数名词。引申可作“刻苦、努力、操心、劳苦、辛劳,烦劳、麻烦”解,是可数名词,多用复数形式,用作主语时,其谓语动词也用复数形式。
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。
Chest pains can be a warning signal of heart problems.
胸部疼痛可能是心脏病的报警信号。
The couple went to great pains to keep their plans secret.
这对夫妇煞费苦心，对计划守口如瓶。
She had to restrain herself from crying out in pain.
她只得忍住疼痛，不哭出来。(in pain 痛苦地)
The couple groaned in pain.
这对夫妇痛苦地呻吟。(in pain 痛苦地)
I've been getting these pains in my chest.
我胸部一直有一些疼痛感。
He has a pain in his stomach.他胃疼。
The pain in her shoulders had come back.她的肩膀又痛起来。
She couldn't get over the pain of losing her beloved pet.
她无法从失去心爱宠物的痛苦中恢复过来。
the pain of separation
离别的痛苦
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
stomach/chest pains
胃 / 胸痛
You get more aches and pains as you get older.
年纪越大，疼痛就越多。
I felt a sharp pain in my lower back.
我感觉到后腰一阵剧痛。
He felt a sharp pain in his knee.
他感到膝盖一阵剧痛。
Losing a spouse is an unbearable pain.失去爱人是一种难以忍受的痛。
After the pain of defeat passes, England have some thinking to do.
失败的痛苦过去以后，英国人应该认真反思一下。
2．名词，讨厌的人（或事）；令人头痛的人（或事）常用于单数形式。
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.
就为了见一次面，要跑那么远的路，真烦死人了。
The rail strike is a bit of a pain.
这次铁路罢工有点头痛。
a pain in the neck极讨厌的人（或事物）
give sb a pain 使某人讨厌
You give me a pain!你真让我讨厌！
3.动词，使痛苦；使苦恼； 不用于进行时
She was deeply pained by the accusation.
这一指控使她极为痛苦。
The wound still pained him occasionally.
他还是感到伤口不时疼痛。
It pains me to see you like this.
看到你这副模样真令我难过。
This public acknowledgment of Ted's disability pained my mother...
这一下大家都知道了特德的残疾，这让母亲非常痛苦。
4. spare no pains，表示“ 不遗余力，全力以赴”的意思。
We should spare no pains to carry out the task.我们应当全力以赴地完成这项任务。
5.take pains to do 极力做某事, 煞费苦心做某事，下苦功夫做某事
take pains with sth极力做某事，煞费苦心做某事，下苦功夫做某事
take pains in doing极力做某事，煞费苦心做某事，下苦功夫做某事
They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to
serve customers well.
他们千方百计雇用那些性格上天生适合服务顾客的人。
He took great pains to manage the factory well.
为了管理好工厂，他可真是煞费苦心。
She took great pains with her English lessons and got high marks.
她下苦功学习英语，获得了高分。
She took great pains in educating her children.
她煞费苦心教育她的子女。
常见搭配：
abdominal pain 腹痛
back pain 背痛
chest pain 胸痛
low back pain 下背痛，下腰痛
physical pain 生理痛
stomach pain 胃痛
intense pain 剧烈疼痛;剧痛
注意：ache指身体上隐隐的、持续的疼痛，也可喻指心中的痛，常用以构成复合词。
the ache in his heart他心中的隐痛
Here are some pieces of advice to avoid a stomach ache during the year-end celebrations.
这里有一些建议，告诉你如何在年底的各种庆祝活动中避免胃痛。
