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Mr. Hu, of course, is hardly a helpless bystander to many of the decisions that rankle the United States.
在眾多惹惱美國的決定當(dāng)中，胡先生當(dāng)然不是一個(gè)無能為力的旁觀者。
But little things rankle, like not knowing if clothes are stained and needing help shopping for greeting cards.
但是總有些小事讓她不舒服，例如不知道衣服上有沒有污漬，挑選賀卡的時(shí)候需要?jiǎng)e人幫忙。
The costs continued to rankle with those who thought manned space flight a waste of money, and three decades spent stuck in low-Earth orbit never stopped frustrating those who wanted to go farther.
對(duì)那些把載人航天看成虛擲錢財(cái)?shù)娜藖碚f，航天飛機(jī)的成本始終令他們心痛；而對(duì)那些夢想著遠(yuǎn)航的人來說，在近地軌道上浪費(fèi)的三十年時(shí)間令他們心寒。

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If an event or situation rankles, it makes you feel angry or bitter afterwards, because you think it was unfair or wrong.