be at pains

be at pains

美 　英

• un.令人讨厌；费尽心机
• 网络煞费苦心；费尽力气；尽力设法

英汉解释

un.	1. 令人讨厌 2. 费尽心机,煞费苦心

例句

No doubt many participants will be at pains to stress how much progress has been made over the past year in response to the AIG shock.

毫无疑问，许多参与者不遗余力地强调，作为对AIG冲击的回应，过去一年取得了诸多进步。

But Australia also walks a fine line and will be at pains not to upset its largest trading partner.

但是澳大利亚也是在走钢丝，需要尽力别去惹恼其最大的贸易伙伴。

That won't be easy, however, if the crime of which you're guilty is, simply, to be yourself: something you'd be at pains to alter.

然而，如果你所犯下的错误仅仅是做了你自己并且还想煞费苦心地改变它，这并不容易。

It's not luckiness to get the best finally. Sometimes , you should be at pains to have the haphazard meeting.

最后得到好东西，不是幸运，有时候，必须有前面的苦心经营，才有后面的偶然相遇。

Be at pains to do sth .

苦心经营；辛苦地做。