煞费苦心地 meaning in Chinese
with great pain
with painful care
Examples
- He had painfully written out a first draft .
他煞费苦心地写了初稿。 - She had contrived to plaster up her wounds .
她已经煞费苦心地将自己的创伤包扎起来。 - Carol had given creative energy to dress for the event .
为了参加今天晚上的盛会，卡萝尔煞费苦心地自己打扮一番。 - He took pains to pare and polish himself down to the pattern of the rest of the world, but he never succeeded .
他煞费苦心地要把自己修饰得能赶上潮流，可是他始终没能如愿以偿。