abrasive
abrasive 英 [əˈbreɪsɪv] 美 [əˈbresɪv]
adj. 粗糙的;有研磨作用的;伤人感情的 n. 研磨料
名词复数:abrasives
- 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.
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