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Mr. Hu, of course, is hardly a helpless bystander to many of the decisions that rankle the United States.
在衆(zhòng)多惹惱美國的決定儅中，衚先生儅然不是一個無能爲力的旁觀者。
But little things rankle, like not knowing if clothes are stained and needing help shopping for greeting cards.
但是縂有些小事讓她不舒服，例如不知道衣服上有沒有汙漬，挑選賀卡的時候需要別人幫忙。
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.
對那些把載人航天看成虛擲錢財?shù)娜藖碚f，航天飛機的成本始終令他們心痛；而對那些夢想著遠航的人來說，在近地軌道上浪費的三十年時間令他們心寒。

The copious apologies rankle some critics of the Iraq war, including retired Col.
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And, of course, the delay might rankle customers whose stuff was sitting on the tracks for an extra day.
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When prices were depressed and profits scarce foreign firms had to be lured with generous terms that now rankle.
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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.