So some people say reading it is too painful and insulting for black children.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

If you are hurt, that is, in some sense, painful for me.

如果你受伤了，某种程度上我也会觉得痛。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

In many ways you can look at most of our experiences, psychological effective experiences on a continuum, where some of them fall below the zero, the negative experiences or the painful experiences and the positive or the pleasurable experiences between the zero and the positive.

可以从多方面来看我们的经验，在心理连续谱上看有效心理经验，有时候会跌倒0以下，不愉快或痛苦的经历,积极或愉快的经历,分别在0与正值之间。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

But although my duty is clear, it is in some way painful.

VOA: special.2009.10.08