painful的用法一得

　　painful 的用法一得

　　請看下面一題：

　　The operation was successful, but I still felt _________.

　　A. very painful B. much painful C. a lot of pain D. very paining

　　此題容易誤選A，想當然地認為：pain 表示痛，其形容詞painful自然表示表示感到疼痛的。

　　其實 painful 的意思并不是感到疼痛的，而是表示使人感到疼痛的、使人感到痛苦的，所以它通常用于說明事物，而不宜用于說明人。比較并體會：

　　他仍很痛苦。

　　正：He is still in pain.

　　誤：Hes still painful.

　　你感到痛嗎 ?

　　正：Do you feel any pain?

　　誤：Are you painful?

　　見到你這樣生活我很痛心。

　　正：I am pained to see you living this way.

　　誤：I am painful to see you living this way.

　　聽到他的死訊，我們都很痛苦。

　　誤：We were all painful to hear of his death.

　　正：We were all pained to hear of his death.

　　他眼睛痛。

　　正：He has painful eyes.

　　誤：Hes painful in the eyes.