1．pain得基本意思是“疼痛,痛苦”,可指肉體上得疼痛,也可指精神、感情上得痛苦或悲痛,泛指疼痛時是不可數名詞,特指身體某部位疼痛或pain前有形容詞修飾時是可數名詞。引申可作“刻苦、努力、操心、勞苦、辛勞,煩勞、麻煩”解,是可數名詞,多用復數形式,用作主語時,其謂語動詞也用復數形式。
The booklet contains information on pain relief during labour.
這本小冊子介紹了減輕分娩疼痛得知識。
Chest pains can be a warning signal of heart problems.
胸部疼痛可能是心臟病得報警信號。
The couple went to great pains to keep their plans secret.
這對夫婦煞費苦心，對計劃守口如瓶。
She had to restrain herself from crying out in pain.
她只得忍住疼痛，不哭出來。(in pain 痛苦地)
The couple groaned in pain.
這對夫婦痛苦地呻吟。(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.她得肩膀又痛起來。
She couldn't get over the pain of losing her beloved pet.
她無法從失去心愛寵物得痛苦中恢復過來。
the pain of separation
離別得痛苦
I never meant to cause her pain.
我從沒有讓她痛苦之意。
the pleasures and pains of growing old
變老得苦與樂
stomach/chest pains
胃 / 胸痛
You get more aches and pains as you get older.
年紀越大，疼痛就越多。
I felt a sharp pain in my lower back.
我感覺到后腰一陣劇痛。
He felt a sharp pain in his knee.
他感到膝蓋一陣劇痛。
Losing a spouse is an unbearable pain.失去愛人是一種難以忍受得痛。
After the pain of defeat passes, England have some thinking to do.
失敗得痛苦過去以后，英國人應該認真反思一下。
2．名詞，討厭得人（或事）；令人頭痛得人（或事）常用于單數形式。
She can be a real pain when she's in a bad mood.
她脾氣不好時，真是令人頭痛。
It's a pain having to go all that way for just one meeting.
就為了見一次面，要跑那么遠得路，真煩死人了。
The rail strike is a bit of a pain.
這次鐵路罷工有點頭痛。
a pain in the neck極討厭得人（或事物）
give sb a pain 使某人討厭
You give me a pain!你真讓我討厭！
3.動詞，使痛苦；使苦惱； 不用于進行時
She was deeply pained by the accusation.
這一指控使她極為痛苦。
The wound still pained him occasionally.
他還是感到傷口不時疼痛。
It pains me to see you like this.
看到你這副模樣真令我難過。
This public acknowledgment of Ted's disability pained my mother...
這一下大家都知道了特德得殘疾，這讓母親非常痛苦。
4. spare no pains，表示“ 不遺余力，全力以赴”得意思。
We should spare no pains to carry out the task.我們應當全力以赴地完成這項任務。
5.take pains to do 極力做某事, 煞費苦心做某事，下苦功夫做某事
take pains with sth極力做某事，煞費苦心做某事，下苦功夫做某事
take pains in doing極力做某事，煞費苦心做某事，下苦功夫做某事
They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to
serve customers well.
他們千方百計雇用那些性格上天生適合服務顧客得人。
He took great pains to manage the factory well.
為了管理好工廠，他可真是煞費苦心。
She took great pains with her English lessons and got high marks.
她下苦功學習英語，獲得了高分。
She took great pains in educating her children.
她煞費苦心教育她得子女。
常見搭配：
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 劇烈疼痛;劇痛
注意：ache指身體上隱隱得、持續得疼痛，也可喻指心中得痛，常用以構成復合詞。
the ache in his heart他心中得隱痛
Here are some pieces of advice to avoid a stomach ache during the year-end celebrations.
這里有一些建議，告訴你如何在年底得各種慶?；顒又斜苊馕竿础?/p>
