at pains
英
美
- adj. 尽力;用心;下苦功夫
at pains的用法和样例:
例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
- He was at pains to find out the truth.
他尽力了解事实真相。 - She took pains to be as charming as possible.
她尽力使自己显得妩媚些。 - He always takes great pains with his lectures.
他总是仔细用心地准备讲稿。 - That luminary gazed earnestly at some papers before him.
那个大好佬在用心细看面前的报纸。 - We must work hard at the spoken language.
我们必须在口语方面下苦功夫。