painful duty

痛苦的职责：指不得不完成但会带来痛苦或不愉快的任务或责任。
常用释义
痛苦的职责：指不得不完成但会带来痛苦或不愉快的任务或责任。

例句

When afternoon came she did not go out to work, because she could not leave with her painful duty unfulfilled .

那天下午，她没有出去工作，因为她要尽这责任虽然很痛心，可也不能不尽。

" Of course, it would be a very painful duty, " began Mr. Bird, in a moderate tone.

“当然，这将是一种令人痛苦的责任，”柏德先生慢条斯理地开始回答。

It was my painful duty to tell him he was dying.

要我把他即将去世的事告诉他，这使我十分为难。