- What does an obnoxious person have in common with sandpaper? Both are abrasive. Anything that grates or irritates — physically or metaphorically — can be described using this adjective.
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- adj. 粗糙的；有研磨作用的；伤人感情的
- n. 研磨料
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1. Those around you - at work or in your personal life - will find it extremely abrasive if you keep referring to how things work there.
如果你总是谈论国外的事，你周围的人──无论是工作中或个人生活中的人──都会觉得非常厌烦。
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2. The sharp, abrasive nature of the particles suggested they could have damaged the bodies of aircraft and the windows - reducing visibility.
这些颗粒锋利而粗糙的性质，暗示着它们能损坏飞行器的机体和舷窗——这会降低可见度。
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3. Once sucked into an airplane’s turbines, the abrasive material can easily cause engine failure, but an aircraft’s weather radar can’t spot the ash.
一旦被飞机的涡轮机吸进，这种粗厉的物质将轻易地毁坏发动机，而飞机的气象雷达却无法监测到这种烟尘。
- abrasive (adj.) "tending to wear or rub off by friction," 1805, from Latin abras-, past participle stem of abradere "to scrape away, shave off" (see abrasion) + -ive. Figurative sense of "tending to provoke anger" is first recorded 1925. Related: Abrasively; abrasiveness.
- abrasive (n.) "an abrasive substance," 1850, from abrasive (adj.). Abradant in this sense is from 1868.
abra·sive / əˈbreɪsɪv ; NAmE əˈbreɪsɪv / adjective , noun adjective 1 an abrasivesubstance is rough and can be used to clean a surface or to make it smooth 有研磨作用的；研磨的 ◆ abrasive kitchen cleaners 厨房擦洗去污剂 2 (of a person or their manner 人或行为方式、态度 ) rude and unkind; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings 生硬粗暴的；粗鲁的；伤人感情的 ▶ abra·sive·ly / əˈbreɪsɪvli ; NAmE əˈbreɪsɪvli / adverb abra·sive·ness / əˈbreɪsɪvnəs ; NAmE əˈbreɪsɪvnəs / noun [uncountable ] noun a substance used for cleaning surfaces or for making them smooth （用来擦洗表面或使表面光滑的）磨料 abra·sive / əˈbreɪsɪv ; NAmE əˈbreɪsɪv / abra·sive·ly / əˈbreɪsɪvli ; NAmE əˈbreɪsɪvli / abra·sive·ness / əˈbreɪsɪvnəs ; NAmE əˈbreɪsɪvnəs /
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