Word · Frequency #7084
painfully
痛苦地；疼痛地
核心释义
in a way that causes or involves pain
- 1.
痛苦地；仿佛疼痛地。
In a painful manner; as if in pain.
痛苦地；仿佛疼痛地。；痛苦地；苦恼地；费力地
用法In use
He realized painfully that his efforts had been wasted.
用法提示：副词 painfully 修饰动词 realized，表示不愉快的情感。
She limped painfully across the room after twisting her ankle.
用法提示：副词 painfully 修饰动词 limped，描述行走时伴随疼痛。
The negotiations were painfully slow, frustrating everyone involved.
用法提示：副词 painfully 修饰形容词 slow，强调缓慢的程度令人不适。
painfully + adjective
用于强调负面特质达到令人不适的程度，多为比喻用法。
The problem was painfully obvious.
问题明显得令人痛苦。
verb + painfully
修饰动作，表示以痛苦或费力的方式进行，可指身体或情感上的痛苦。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- painfully slow
- 慢得令人痛苦/非常慢
- The internet connection was painfully slow.网络连接慢得令人痛苦。
- painfully obvious
- 明显得令人痛苦/显而易见
- It was painfully obvious that she was lying.很明显她在说谎，这让人很不舒服。
- painfully shy
- 非常害羞/腼腆得难受
- As a child, he was painfully shy.他小时候非常害羞，让人看着都难受。
- painfully aware
- 痛苦地意识到
- She was painfully aware of her mistake.她痛苦地意识到了自己的错误。
- painfully thin
- 瘦得令人心疼
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将painfully拆解为pain（痛苦）+fully（完全），记忆为‘完全痛苦地’。
语境与语域Context & Register
多用于描述情感或身体上的痛苦感受，也可表示费力的程度，常见于书面或中性语境。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'gainfully' rhymes with 'painfully' (same stressed vowel /eɪ/ and following sounds). Words like 'beautifully', 'carefully', 'hopefully' share the '-fully' ending but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme. 'Plainly' has the same stressed vowel but a different ending. 'Painful' is the adjective form with same initial syllables but different ending.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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