be at pains

基本解釋

Even now, Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, is at pains to portray his plans as evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
即便到了今天，衛(wèi)生大臣Andrew Lansley在描述其改良的而非革命的計劃時依然痛心疾首。
Erian, an outspoken reformist on the brotherhood's guidance council, is at pains to sketch out the limits of his organisation's political ambitions.
埃利安是兄弟會訓(xùn)導(dǎo)委員會里一位坦率的改革主義者。
Muhammad al-Jasser of Saudi Arabia is at pains to emphasise that “the surpluses of the oil-exporting economies of the Gulf [are] overstated as a problem.”
沙特央行行長埃爾亞瑟費(fèi)盡苦心地強(qiáng)調(diào)“以石油出口為主的海灣經(jīng)濟(jì)體的貿(mào)易順差問題被夸大了?！?/li>
原聲例句
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)思考為何死亡對我是壞事？
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選

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