It's a play – painful, funny, and powerfully acted.(这是一出戏–令人痛苦而又逗人发笑，演得很有感染力。)
Is your knee still painful?(你的膝盖还疼吗？)
He died a slow and painful death.(他缓慢而痛苦地死去。)
They find the writing process painful and difficult.(他们发现写作的过程是痛苦和困难的。)
He is seized with a painful sickness.(他得了一种痛苦的疾病。)
Dr. Thomas Bracken describes the case of a 45-year-old Catholic priest much given to prayer whose left knee became painful.(托马斯·布拉肯医生描述了那个病例：一名45岁天主教牧师由于经常祈祷导致左膝疼痛。)
It was an effort which was to have painful repercussions.(那是一个将产生沉痛后果的尝试。)
These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain.(这些使人不舒服的感觉，与身体上的疼痛一样会让人感到痛苦。)
I shut out the memory which was too painful to dwell on.(我不让自己去回忆那段会引起我太多痛苦的往事。)
