painlessly
/ˈpeɪnləsli/ (bre, ipa) · [pˈenləsli] /ˈpeɪnləsli/ (ame, ipa)
painlessly — 副詞
1. so that the person feels no physical hurt while it is happening.
無痛地
過程中不會讓人感到疼痛
so that the person feels no physical hurt while it is happening.
The dentist removed the loose tooth painlessly in five minutes.
牙醫在五分鐘內無痛地拔掉了那顆鬆動的牙齒。
verb + painlessly in a medical action
After the cream cooled her skin, Adina peeled off the bandage painlessly.
藥膏讓皮膚冷卻後，Adina 無痛地撕下了繃帶。
The nurse slipped the needle out so painlessly that Karim barely noticed.
護士把針無痛地拔出，Karim 幾乎沒有察覺。
Mateo's baby tooth came out painlessly while he ate an apple.
Mateo 吃蘋果時，乳牙無痛地掉了下來。
The vet cleaned the cut painlessly while Mira held the puppy still.
獸醫無痛地清理了傷口，而 Mira 抱著小狗不動。
- comfortably
suggests physical ease in general, not specifically the absence of pain during one action
- gently
focuses on a soft manner, but something gentle can still hurt
- painfully
means the action causes physical pain
- agonizingly
emphasizes very strong pain during the action
文法句型
verb + painlessly
so painlessly that + clause
用法筆記
Usually follows a verb for treatment, injury, or body-related change. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about smooth progress rather than the absence of physical pain.
常見錯誤
2. so that something is done smoothly, with little trouble, upset, or extra effort.
順利地
過程順利，幾乎沒有麻煩
so that something is done smoothly, with little trouble, upset, or extra effort.
With the online form, Ayesha changed her flight painlessly before breakfast.
靠著線上表單，Ayesha 在早餐前就順利地改好了班機。
administrative task completed smoothly
Christopher moved his photos to the new phone painlessly in one evening.
Christopher 在一個晚上內就順利地把照片移到新手機上。
The class switched to a new app painlessly after one short lesson.
上過一堂簡短的課後，全班就順利地改用新應用程式了。
Because the desk was nearly empty, Lien renewed her library card painlessly.
因為櫃檯幾乎沒人，Lien 很順利地續借了圖書證。
Our team merged the two lists painlessly with one shared file.
我們團隊用一份共用檔案，順利地把兩份清單合併好了。
- smoothly
stresses that each step works well without problems
- easily
focuses on low difficulty more than the whole process feeling trouble-free
- seamlessly
often used for systems or transitions with no visible break
- effortlessly
highlights how little effort the person needs to make
- awkwardly
suggests the process works, but in a clumsy way
- painfully
often means with difficulty or frustration in a figurative sense
- laboriously
stresses slow, effortful progress
文法句型
verb + painlessly
[change/process] + happen + painlessly
用法筆記
Common with tasks, changes, and administrative steps that go smoothly. Distinguish from sense 1, which specifically says that no physical pain is felt.