- If that mean-looking doggie has his back arched, teeth bared and the hairs on the back of his neck are standing up straight, walk away slowly. You've raised his hackles, or instilled a feeling of anger.
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- n. 狗颈部的毛（hackle的复数）
- v. 梳理；给…装上颈羽（hackle的第三人称单数）
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1. Taxing Chinese assets would certainly raise hackles in China, yet Chinese leaders would have no way to retaliate in kind.
对中国资产征税肯定会在中国引起愤怒，中国的领导人还没有办法采用同样的报复措施。
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2. The thinking here is that when someone’s ego needs stroking it’s as if you were flattening down their raised hackles or smoothing their feathers.
这里的想法是，当某人需要培养自尊心，他们就会设想仿佛有人正在抚平他们的羽毛，平复他们的怒气。
hackles / ˈhæklz ; NAmE ˈhæklz / noun [plural ] the hairs on the back of the neck of a dog, cat, etc. that rise when the animal is afraid or angry （狗、猫等害怕或发怒时竖起的）后颈毛 IDIOMS make sb's ˈhackles rise | raise sb's ˈhackles to make sb angry 激怒某人 sb's ˈhackles rise to become angry 发火；发怒 ◆ Ben felt his hackles rise as the speaker continued. 随着那人不断地讲下去，本不禁怒火中烧。 hackles / ˈhæklz ; NAmE ˈhæklz /
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