rough diamond

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He's not a rough diamond--a pearl-containing oyster of a rustic: he's a fierce, pitiless, wolfish man.
他不是一塊粗糙的鑽石——鄕下人儅中的一個(gè)含珠之蚌，而是一個(gè)兇惡的，無情的，像狼一樣殘忍的人。我從來不對他說，‘放開這個(gè)或那個(gè)敵人吧，因爲(wèi)傷害他們是不正大光明的，殘酷的。’
He was a cult hero in Seville, where they had worked enormously hard to nurture a particularly rough diamond.
在塞維利亞，他是一個(gè)備受崇敬的英雄，他們費(fèi)了很大的勁兒來打磨手中的這塊難得的毛坯鑽石。
He said I was like a rough diamond and I needed polishing.
他說我就像一塊粗糙的鑽石，需要磨光。

For decades,diamond merchants in Surat in western Gujarat state have imported rough stones, and exported them to the United States and Europe after they are cut and polished.

Rough diamond production for the period increased 8 percent to 800, 000 carats for the period.
FORBES: Harry Winston's Q3 Rough Diamond Sales Down 40%
Operating profit benefited from higher rough diamond prices and higher high-end jewelry and timepiece sales, the company said.
FORBES: Harry Winston Consolidated Sales Up 26%
Over that period sales from the Core Zone represented approximately 6 percent of world rough diamond supply by value.
FORBES: Harry Winston to Purchase Ekati Diamond Mine For $500 Million

a person who is kinder and more pleasant than they seem to be from their appearance and manner