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Painless

“Painless” 是形容词,本义为“没有疼痛的”,如无痛注射;引申义指过程“轻松顺利、毫不费力”,如 “a painless upgrade”(无痛升级)。在医疗、软件更新、手续办理等语境中都很常见。

  1. “The dentist promised a painless procedure.” (牙医保证这次治疗不会疼。)
  2. “Switching to the new app was surprisingly painless.” (换用新应用出乎意料地顺利。)
  3. “She made the interview feel painless with her warm smile.” (她温暖的笑容让面试变得轻松不少。)

“Painless” 由 “pain”(疼痛)与 “-less”(没有)构成,“-less” 源自古英语,表示“缺乏、无”。

“-less” 为否定后缀,加在名词后构成形容词,如 hopeless、careless;本词即“无疼痛的”。

在英语广告与医疗宣传中,“painless” 是高频卖点词;科技语境里常形容迁移、升级“零痛感”,强调用户几乎无感知。

  • 固定搭配: “painless procedure” (无痛手术/流程), “painless transition” (顺利过渡)
  • 名词: painlessness
  • 副词: painlessly

“pain + less”:少了 pain,就是 painless——不疼、也不费劲。

“The upgrade took ten minutes and was completely painless; nobody even noticed the server had restarted.” (升级只花了十分钟,完全无感;甚至没人注意到服务器重启过。)