chafe at
对……不满
常用释义
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基本释义
- 对……不满，对……感到恼火：因为某种原因而感到不满或烦躁。
例句
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1·Hardworking, honest citizens chafe at corrupt officials who treat them with contempt and get rich quick.勤奋而老实的公民愤慨于那些个蔑视他们的暴富官员。
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2·Someone who's been grinding away at a company for five or six years will chafe at a newbie who asks bluntly, "how do I advance?"一个新人直白地问：“我该如何进步? ”，可能会令在一家公司打拼了五六年的人对他产生不满。
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3·Electorates are likely to chafe at the cost of bringing down government deficits, especially if the main result is to repay foreign creditors.以削减赤字为代价有可能会激怒选民，特别是在赤字是用于偿还外债的情况下。
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4·Some within the DUP still chafe at being in the same administration as Sinn Fein, and they may make more trouble for Mr Robinson in the future.民联内部仍然为与新芬党处于同一管理之下而气恼，未来他们可能会为罗宾逊先生制造更多的麻烦。
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5·And though executives chafe at financial regulation, the protection it provides makes investors far more likely to hand them money to play with.尽管金融企业高管会打擦边球，但法律提供的保护会使投资者更可能把金钱交给他们管理。
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6·But they chafe at the plan to shift the Fed's consumer-protection functions, which protect people from deceptive and unfair lending practices, to a new agency.但他们对转移美联储防止欺诈和不公平贷款的消费者保护功能到一个新的机构的计划很恼火。
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7·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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8·It is also acquiring new powers of oversight. Politicians could chafe at the Fed's power: why, they might ask, should unelected officials choose who benefits from taxpayers' money?政客们可能会为美联储的权力感到不安：他们可能会问，为什么是非选举产生的官员有权决定谁从纳税人缴纳的钱中受益？