it pains somebody to do something
collocation做某事使某人感到痛心
It pains me to see you so unhappy.
看到你这么不开心，我很痛心。
使痛苦；使难过
paining — present participle of pain
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使痛苦；使难过
To cause someone to feel sad, upset, or distressed; to grieve.
The news of her friend's accident pained her deeply.
她朋友出事故的消息使她深感痛苦。
使疼痛；使身体不适或痛苦；折磨；拷打。
To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
使心神不安；使苦恼；使悲伤。
To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
pain
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pains
3rd person
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paining
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现在分词
pained
Past
过去式
pained
Past participle
过去分词
It pains me to see you suffer.
看到你受苦，我很痛苦。
The news pained him deeply.
这消息使他深感痛苦。
My leg is paining me.
我的腿正在疼。
动词'pain'常用于描述持续的疼痛或精神痛苦，常用结构为'it pains someone to do something'。
His leg has been paining him all week.
他的腿整整一周都在疼。
It pains me to see children suffering.
看到孩子们受苦让我心痛。
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做某事使某人感到痛心
It pains me to see you so unhappy.
看到你这么不开心，我很痛心。
使某人深感痛苦
His harsh criticism pained her deeply.
他严厉的批评使她深感痛苦。
因某事而感到痛苦
She was visibly pained by his rude remark.
她显然被他无礼的话刺痛了。
看到某事感到痛心
We were pained to see the damage caused by the storm.
看到暴风雨造成的破坏，我们感到痛心。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 rain, wait)
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把 pain 想象成“赔”（音近）：赔钱时肉疼、心疼，让人难受——动词 pain 就是‘使疼痛；使难过’。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary works 该动词用法比较正式，通常用于书面语或文学作品中，表示“使痛苦”或“使难过”。日常口语中较少单独使用，常用 hurt 等词表达类似含义。
这些词都以 -ain 拼写结尾，重读元音加尾音都是 /eɪn/，与 pain 押韵。注意 pain 的发音是 /peɪn/，不是 pan /pæn/，也不是 pine /paɪn/；paint /peɪnt/ 多一个 /t/，也不押韵。pain 与 pane 同音，但拼写不同。
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