galling

常見例句

And the most galling thing is this: the bonus cultists are doing it, in large part, with our money.
而最難堪的是：在很大程度上，紅利信徒們正在利用我們的錢這么做。
Sometimes this will mean selling equity, a galling experience for those who spent a fortune on share buy-back programmes just a year or two ago.
有時(shí)這將意味著出售股權(quán)，這對于那些只是一年或兩年以前花了大量資金回購股票的公司來說實(shí)在是一個(gè)難堪的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
This makes thecurrent mess particularly galling—and all the more so because it could easilyhave been avoided.
這使得當(dāng)前本來可以輕易化解的困境看上去更為難堪。

Individual freedom, although it has greatly elevated the condition of the people who have lived in free societies, inevitably permits inequalities which are the more galling, because each person is plainly free to try to improve his situation and largely responsible for the outcome.
個(gè)人自由的理念,雖然提升了自由社會(huì)中人們,的生活條件,但是不可避免的會(huì)產(chǎn)生煩惱和更多的焦慮,因?yàn)槊總€(gè)人都有極大的自由去,提升自己的生活狀態(tài),并對自己的所作所負(fù)有極大的責(zé)任
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At specific schools that reported dramatically improved graduation rates, the discrepancy is more galling.
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Even more galling, the corporate marketing and products department charged each state for its services.
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The latter suggests people find it especially galling when federal employees owe back taxes.
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