adj.?痛苦的；疼痛的；費力的
painful的用法
1、用作定語～+ n.
She had a painful cut on her thumb.
她的拇指上有個疼痛的傷口。
2、用作表語S+be+～
Is your wound still painful?
妳的傷口還痛嗎?
3、用作表語S+be+～+to- v
The story of her sufferings was painful to listen to.
她苦難的故事使人聽得難受。
4、用作表語It is/was+～+that-clause
It is painful that Tom will fail this exam.
湯姆這次考試如不及格,這是叫人痛心的。
擴展資料
painful的詞組用法
1、painful to do sth 做某事是痛苦的
I?shut?out?the?memory?which?was?too?painful?to?dwell?on.
我不再去回憶那些痛苦不堪的往事了。
2、painful to see sth 看見某事是痛苦的
It?was?so?painful?to?see?how?weak?she?had?become?in?just?a?few?months.?
幾個月工夫她就變得如此虛弱，看了真讓人心痛。
3、painful to sb 對某人來說是痛苦的
The?only?comparison?which?we?make?of?ourselves?to?the?finite?is?painful?to?us.?
僅僅把我們自己和有限相比較就已經讓我們痛苦的了。