painfully /ˈpeɪnfəli/ adverb Learner's definition of PAINFULLY
[more painfully; most painfully]
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: very or extremely —
used especially to describe something that is bad, unpleasant, or upsetting很,十分,极度地(尤用于形容糟糕、令人不快或令人苦恼的事物) -
They made it painfully obvious/clear that we were not welcome. [=they made it very clear in a way that was rude or upsetting that we were not welcome]他们表现得十分明显,他们不欢迎我们。
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After the injury she was painfully aware that her career in tennis would be over.受伤之后,她痛苦地意识到自己的网球生涯要结束了。
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New developments have been painfully slow.新的进展一直慢得令人难以忍受。
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She is painfully shy.她十分害羞。
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: in a way that causes pain引起疼痛地 3
: in a way that requires a lot of effort艰难地