at pains

基本解釋

He was at pains to assure them that he, not Hamas, would still do the negotiating with Israel—if, that is, negotiations ever resume.
他痛苦的向這些人保證，他，而不是哈馬斯，將繼續(xù)與以色列磋商—如果，磋商還將繼續(xù)的話。
The truth is more complicated than that, as T.M. Devine, a professor of history at the University of Edinburgh, is at pains to show.
真相遠(yuǎn)比那復(fù)雜的多，愛(ài)丁堡大學(xué)歷史教授T.M.德文說(shuō)，他敘述這一切時(shí)也充滿痛苦。
It will be at pains to let the masses know how the heir-apparent refused special treatment as a youth, instead working himself to the bone on some national task or other.
還將盡力讓大眾知道儲(chǔ)君在年輕時(shí)是怎樣拒絕特殊對(duì)待的，不僅如此，儲(chǔ)君還非常努力地執(zhí)行國(guó)家任務(wù)什么的。

She wasn't eating. She had terrible stomach pains. She started clenching her jaw and grinding her teeth at night.
But although I've been at pains to say this is the fundamental bad thing about death, I think it's arguable that-- I think one could make the case that this isn't the only bad thing about death, even if we're focusing on why is death bad for me?
但是雖然我一直在努力闡述,這是死亡的基本壞處，我覺(jué)得-,人們有理由認(rèn)為,這不是死亡的唯一壞處，就算我們重點(diǎn)思考為何死亡對(duì)我是壞事？
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選

The usually secretive Pinault (pea-KNOW) seems at pains to put on a public show.
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However, Lula (as he is known) has been at pains not to frighten foreign investors.
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