那次离婚令人痛苦而又纠葛不清。

The divorce was painful and messy.

《牛津词典》

这是一出戏–令人痛苦而又逗人发笑，演得很有感染力。

It's a play – painful, funny, and powerfully acted.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

那些经历这些障碍的人常常觉得噪音——如人群的噪音和机器产生的噪音——令人痛苦和苦恼。

Those experiencing these disorders often find sounds such as crowd noise and the noise generated by machinery painful and distressing.

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What are we to make of Milton's use of this striking and painful image of prophetic preparation?

我们怎么把这个引人注目，令人痛苦的形象,用于弥尔顿的身上呢？

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