单词 | painless |
释义 | painless (once / 5139 pages) adj Anything that's painless doesn't hurt at all. A painless medical procedure (like having blood drawn) might be a little scary, but it's actually very easy. Getting your teeth cleaned at the dentist should be a painless process, although getting a filling sometimes hurts a little bit. A painless math test is simple and requires very little work or thought on your part — this is a figurative way to use painless, obviously, since no one would expect a math test to cause you physical pain, even if it's not your strongest subject. WORD FAMILYpainless: painlessly+/pain: pained, painful, paining, painless, pains/pained: painedly/painful: painfuler, painfulest, painfully, painfulness, unpainful USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s a painless way to avoid the stress of wondering if you’re getting a good price. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) This seemingly simple and painless reduction is neither simple nor painless. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) And from there on, it’s a pretty painless process. Seattle Times(Dec 12, 2016) 1adj not causing physical or psychological pain painless dentistry Syn|Ant harmless not causing or capable of causing harm pain-free, unpainfulnot accompanied by pain sensations painful causing physical or psychological pain harmfulcausing or capable of causing harm inhumanelacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion aching, achycausing a dull and steady pain agonised, agonizedexpressing pain or agony agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturousextremely painful biting, bittercausing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold chafed, galledpainful from having the skin abraded poignantkeenly distressing to the mind or feelings itchycausing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch racking, wrenchingcausing great physical or mental suffering saddle-sore(of a rider) sore after riding a horse raw, sensitive, sore, tenderhurting traumaticpsychologically painful;"few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child"; 2adj requiring little hard work or exertion a painless solution to the problem Syn easy posing no difficulty; requiring little effort |
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