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源自 pain(疼痛) + 后缀 -less(无),14世纪晚期进入英语。
❶ 形容某事不引起疼痛或不适,也可引申为轻松、不费力的过程。
“The dentist promised the procedure would be completely painless.”
(牙医保证这个治疗过程完全无痛。)
“Switching to the new software was surprisingly painless.”
(切换到新软件的过程出乎意料地轻松。)
painless as — 用于强调某事物极其轻松或无痛苦,常与比喻搭配使用。
“The tutorial made programming painless as peeling a banana.”
(这个教程让编程变得像剥香蕉一样简单。)