Painful

(adj.) causing physical or psychological pain; 'worked with painful slowness' .

卡洛整理

• There was an absence of all lady-like restraint in her language and manner most painful to see. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Excuse me if I allude to that which is painful to you, but I have no alternative. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• If his appearance even inspired us with hope, it only rendered the state of her mind more painful. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I only know he is a very foolish vain fellow, and put my dear little girl into a very painful and awkward position last night. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Well, well, this is a painful subject. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It was a painful, but not an improbable, conjecture. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Pin-pricks hurt more than cannon balls, and incessant worries are far more painful than great calamities. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He ought not to wonder that I object to speak to him on painful subjects. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Yes,' replied Job; 'but these sort of things are not so easily counterfeited, Mr. Weller, and it is a more painful process to get them up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• She must communicate the painful truth, however, and as soon as possible. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• After a few moments of painful hesitation, I broke the silence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• What I had to do, was, to turn the painful discipline of my younger days to account, by going to work with a resolute and steady heart. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Well, then: is it worth while to risk what may be infinitely disagreeable and painful? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Deceived myself, I did very miserably deceive youand it will be a painful reflection to me for ever. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• This is a painful task,' said he, 'but these declarations, which have been signed in London before many gentlemen, must be in substance repeated here. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Birkin stood high in the painful air, looking at the peaks, and the way south. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• For I felt as if I could not bear the painful delight of his praise. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• To me, the remembrance of our last parting has been ever mournful and painful. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The nearness of this place to London was such, as to take away the idea of painful separation, when we quitted Raymond and Perdita. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But the effort was painful. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• At that instant, she felt that years of happiness could not make Jane or herself amends for moments of such painful confusion. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Left to myself, I strove with painful intensity to divine the motive of his request and foresee the events of the coming day. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Ah, thereby hangs a rather painful tale. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Really, sir, I think she might, said Mrs. Blinder, getting her heavy breath by painful degrees. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Mr. Bumble was meditating; it might be that the insects brought to mind, some painful passage in his own past life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Again, as he kissed me, painful thoughts darkened his aspect. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I have only a few lines more to write before I close this painful statement. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But that does not alter my opinion that you ought to try every other means rather than take a step which is so painful to me. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Adrian had been occupied in fulfilling a laborious and painful task. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The painful disclosures which were to reveal themselves in my presence, during that Tuesday's visit to Montagu Square, were not at an end yet. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

校对:南森