chafe
chafe 英 [tʃeɪf] 美 [tʃef]
vt. 擦破；擦热；擦痛；激怒 vi. 擦伤；磨擦；激怒 n. 擦伤；气恼
进行时:chafing 过去式:chafed 过去分词:chafed 第三人称单数:chafes 名词复数:chafes
- To chafe is to irritate or annoy. If your shoes chafe you, they rub your skin raw. Ouch. If you chafe at the suggestion that you should be studying more, the suggestion rubs you the wrong way.
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- vt. 擦破；擦热；擦痛；激怒
- vi. 擦伤；磨擦；激怒
- n. 擦伤；气恼
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1. In these discussions, I find that many chafe at the word "best" because it seems to imply arrogance and elitism -- as if I am saying that my practices are better than anyone else's.
在这些讨论中，我发现很多人对“最佳”一词颇为不满，因为这个词显示出高人一等的优越感，就如同说我的实践比任何其他人的都要好一样。
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2. Many chafe at restrictions on their religion and culture and a massive influx of Han migrants.
他们中的许多人对限制他们的宗教与文化，以及汉族移民的大量涌入十分愤怒。
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3. "I only chafe at the 'gay writer' tag if it's thought to be what is most or only interesting about what I'm writing, " says Hollinghurst.
霍林赫斯特说：“如果人们认为我所写的书中全是有关同性恋性爱的话，我只会对‘同性恋作家’这个标签恼火。
- chafe (v.) c. 1300, chaufen, "be provoked, grow or be excited;" late 14c. in literal sense "to make warm, to heat" (also intransitive, "to grow warm or hot"), especially (early 15c.) "to warm by rubbing, excite heat by friction," from Old French chaufer "heat, warm up, become warm" (12c., Modern French chauffer), from Vulgar Latin *calefare, from Latin calefacere "to make hot, make warm," from calere "be warm" (from PIE root *kele- (1) "warm") + facere "to make, do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put").
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