For example, subjects were asked if they'd administer harmless but painful electric shocks to another person.

比如，当实验对象被问道如果他们可以向别人施行无害但疼痛的电击时，他们会选谁。

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As Ferris Jabr writes in Scientific American Mind, scientists applied nondamaging but painful heat to the palms of volunteers’ hands.

正如费里斯 亚布在科学美国心智中写到：科学家应用一种无害的让人痛苦的热给志愿者的手掌。

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Winter or summer, hours of bright sunlight can burn the surface of the eye, causing a temporary but painful condition known as photokeratitis.

无论冬夏，数小时明亮的阳光都可以灼伤眼球表面，使之感到短暂的疼痛。这种病状叫做光致角膜炎。

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But it was painful to her family to see their deaf and blind child punished.

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When you lead the meditation, I think kneeling is fine, but for me it's really painful, not everybody can do that.

当进行冥想时，我觉得跪地可以接受，但确实感到疼痛，不是人人都可以坚持。

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But before he can actually be made present at the actual event of the Nativity, he has to endure something painful and obviously momentous: "from out his secret Altar toucht with hallow'd fire."

但是要想真正能在,基督降生时出现，他不得不忍受一些痛苦，而且是巨大的痛苦：,“从神秘的祭坛外碰到圣火“

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Crane says events where legislators read lists of his honors have been moving but painful.

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But this must be complemented by organizational improvements such as a change of management, revision of standard practices and even downsizing, a necessary but painful measure for many companies.

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That is much stronger than the US, where growth is forecast in to be in the low single digits, but painful for Chinese companies that have enjoyed rapid expansion.

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