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小词详解 | chafe
chafe 英 [tʃeɪf] 美 [tʃeɪf]
In many firms a professional manager might chafe against the presence of a revered founder, but there are no such reports at Inditex.
在许多公司,职业经理人也许会因一位倍受尊敬的创始人的存在而烦躁不已,但在印地纺并没有这样的传闻。
——《经济学人》So to those of you who chafe at “women’s rights” as political correctness run amok, think again.
所以,那些对“女权”不满、视其为“政治正确”做过头的人应该反思一下。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] (指身体的一部分)因摩擦某物而疼痛
母亲凝视着她女儿乌黑油亮的头发,并搓热她儿子冰冷的双手。
The mother pored on her daughter's sleek black hair and chafed her son's cold hands.
衣领特别紧,把她的歪脖子磨痛了。
The collar was far too tight and chafed her wry neck.
他很快便因为处处受到限制而感到恼火,这最终以他辞职告终。
He soon chafed at the restrictions of his situation, which finally culminated in his resignation.我们为繁文缛节而恼火已经很久了。
We have been chafing under trivial formalities for too long.
他在岩石上磨坏了鞋子,然后脚趾从鞋上的破洞里露出来。
He chafed his shoes on the rocks and then his toes peeked through the hole on his shoes.一匹黑马在厩栏上擦着身子。
A dark horse chafed against his stall.
Troubles and other realities took on themselves a metaphysical impalpability, sinking to mere mental phenomena for serene contemplation, and no longer stood as pressing concretions which chafed body and soul.
一切烦恼和现实中的事情都化作了抽象的虚无缥缈的东西,变成了仅仅供人沉思默想的精神现象,再也不是折磨肉体和灵魂的紧迫的具体的东西。
abrade: scrape or wear away by friction or erosion graze: scrape and break the surface of the skin of (a part of the body) gall: make sore by rubbing