be at pains meaning in English
费尽力气, 煞费苦心, 尽力设法
Examples
- They had been at pains to examine all the statistics
他们不辞劳苦仔细查阅了所有的统计数字。 - Be at pains to do sth
苦心经营；辛苦地做 - As he is at pains to point out , this is very much our human tale , our ancestry
作者十分痛苦地指出这本书很大程度上是关于人类的故事，人类的祖先。 - The small , often private , companies that dominate these areas have also often been at pains to escape notice ? and therefore taxes
在这些行业中，多半以小型的私人公司为主，它们想方设法避人耳目，因此而逃过征税。 - He has been at pains not to look like an american poodle , vigorously condemning abuses by american troops and sympathising with his co - religionists in lebanon
他努力使自己看起来不像是美国的巴儿狗? ?既强烈谴责美军虐囚行为，又对黎巴嫩的同宗教分子表示同情。