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If work is painstaking, someone has been very careful and has gone slowly over every small part. They have not rushed, and they have not skipped the hard bits. You use it about research, repair, art, , building — anything that needs patience. It is a compliment: the person did not cut corners.
If work is painstaking如果工作是painstaking的 someone has been very careful代表有人非常小心 and has gone slowly over every small part慢慢地把每個小地方都做過 They have not rushed他們沒有趕 and they have not skipped the hard bits也沒有跳過困難的部分 research, repair, art, sewing, building研究、修理、藝術、縫紉、蓋東西 anything that needs patience任何需要耐心的事情 You use it about都可以用這個字 It is a compliment這是一句稱讚 the person did not cut corners代表這個人沒有偷工減料
The word comes from an older phrase, to take pains, which means to try hard and be careful. The “pains” here are effort, not the hurt in your body.
The word comes from an older phrase這個字來自一個比較舊的片語 to take painsto take pains which means to try hard and be careful意思是很努力又很小心 The "pains" here are effort這裡的「pains」指的是花的力氣 not the hurt in your body不是身體上的疼痛
Even so, many people in the United States say it as if it were pain plus staking, like putting a stick in the ground, because that is how it sounds there. That is not how the word was built, but it is how a lot of people hear it.
Even so即使如此 many people in the United States say it美國很多人講這個字的時候 as if it were pain plus staking聽起來就好像是pain加staking like putting a stick in the ground像是把一根棍子插進地裡 because that is how it sounds there因為在那裡聽起來就是這樣 That is not how the word was built這不是這個字原本的組成方式 but it is how a lot of people hear it但很多人聽起來就是這樣
The word is a little formal; in easy talk you might just say really careful, or they took their time.
The word is a little formal這個字有點正式 in easy talk輕鬆一點講話的時候 you might just say你可能只會說 really carefulreally careful or，或是 they took their timethey took their time
組成pains（心力、功夫；來自 take pains）+ taking（花上、用上）。美國常見讀法聽起來像 pain + staking，但那是後來聽成那樣，不是本來的組法。
同家族的字
- painstakinglythe adverb: in this careful way
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
painstakingadj/ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/
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Carefully attentive to details; studious; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
- All these painstaking men, considered together, may be said to have completed another species of criticism.
- It is hoped to feature the historic vehicles to be found on the line in a future article, so that full justice may be done to the painstaking work of renovation on many of them, such as the North Eastern Railway Coach Group's NER autocoach No 3453.
painstakingnoun/ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/
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The application of careful and attentive effort.
- I esteeme Bocace his Decameron, Rabelais, and the kisses of John the second (if they may be placed under this title) worth the paines-taking to reade them.
- It is not by a flight of imagination that you gain the ascents of spiritual experience. It is by the toils and the watchings and the painstakings of a solid obedience.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。