It was a painful and unpopular decision.

这是一个痛苦且不受欢迎的决定。

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To avoid that painful A-ha! Moment start working towards your desired work position right now.

为了避免这种痛苦的！你想要开始努力工作的一刻到现在。

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She expressed her gratitude again, but it was too painful a subject to each, to be dwelt on farther.

她又感谢了他一次，但是提起这桩事，双方都非常痛苦，所以没有再谈下去。

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As difficult and painful as holding a hot potato.

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Rumination is one of the things that we'll talk about a lot actually not that helpful-- to ruminate about painful emotions.

我们会频繁谈到沉思,其实沉思痛苦的情绪-,没有多大帮助。

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to name a few-- on the negative side,the painful side; wellbeing,satisfaction,joy,excitement,happiness on the other side which is the side of positive psychology studies.

这些消极和痛苦的方面;,幸福，满足，愉悦，兴奋，快乐,属于另一方面,也就是积极心理学研究的方面。

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It was as painful a loss as Dodger fans ever experienced, the culmination of blowing a 13-and-a-half-game lead that the club had enjoyed over the Giants in August.

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For Ukraine, the loss marked a painful end to a tournament that had started with such promise.

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That will be a painful experience for a wide swathe of industries, from cars through to shipbuilding, defence and beyond.

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