The Convention Against Torture defines torture as any act that inflicts severe pain or suffering, physical or mental.

《反酷刑条约》把酷刑定义为任何造成严重身心疼痛和受苦的行为。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

In this job you have to harden your heart to pain and suffering.

做这项工作面对伤痛和病患时你得保持冷静心情。

《牛津词典》

I have recently been suffering from pain and numbness in my hands.

近来我双手一直疼痛、麻木。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He laughed when he did so. I was to learn that green Martians only laugh at the pain or suffering of others.

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and in fact in art and in religion, if I don't recognize my pain and confusion and suffering, it is not, in my words, self-vific.

事实上，在艺术和宗教中，如果我不面对我的痛苦，疑惑和苦难，那么艺术就不是，用我的话讲，有现实意义的。

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So the pain you're suffering now is actually instrumentally valuable, useful as a means, even though it's intrinsically bad.

所以你现在忍受的痛苦,是有利用价值的，作为手段是有用的，尽管痛苦本身是坏的。

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He is accused of intentionally inflicting severe pain or suffering, according to London's Metropolitan Police.

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Mr Cook's claim against his former employer includes loss or earnings and for pain and suffering.

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Often they are succeeded by a feeling of emptiness and psychological pain and suffering.

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