English Dictionary

pains

IPA（発音記号）

/peɪnz/

名詞

複数形 複数形のみ

Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.

日本語の意味

労力や苦労をかけた努力、手間がかかる行為 / 注意深さや細部にわたる配慮 / 心を込めた、丹念な取り組み

He took great pains to ensure the report was accurate.

彼は報告書が正確であるようにわざわざ手間をかけた。

意味（1）

Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.

Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.[…]Next day she[…]tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and had perhaps spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.