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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(guó)的決定當(dāng)中，胡先生當(dāng)然不是一個(gè)無(wú)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(méi)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?lái)說(shuō)，航天飛機(jī)的成本始終令他們心痛；而對(duì)那些夢(mèng)想著遠(yuǎn)航的人來(lái)說(shuō)，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.