galling

adj.

1. 令人恼怒；使人烦恼；使人感到屈辱
   making you angry because it is unfair
   1. It was galling to have to apologize to a man she hated.
      令人恼火的是得向她憎恶的男人道歉。

1. N-UNCOUNT 粗鲁；无礼；厚颜无耻
   If you say that someone has the gall to do something, you are criticizing them for behaving in a rude or disrespectful way.
   1. I daresay he thought he was above the law. I can't get over the gall of the fellow...
      我想他以为他能凌驾于法律之上，这家伙的蛮横无理真让人受不了。
   2. She had the gall to suggest that I might supply her with information about what Steve was doing.
      她竟然厚颜无耻地说或许我可以向她透露一些史蒂夫正在做的事。
2. VERB （通常因某事不公平却无能为力）使烦恼，使恼怒
   If someone's action galls you, it makes you feel very angry or annoyed, often because it is unfair to you and you cannot do anything about it.
   1. It must have galled him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures...
      巴多对每一项措施都加以阻挠，这一定让他十分气恼。
   2. It was their serenity which galled her most.
      最让她恼怒的是他们的平静。
3. （植物体表因虫害等引起的）瘿瘤，虫瘿
   A gall is a growth on the surface of a plant that is caused by an insect, disease, fungus, or injury.

1. This is really galling and humiliating.
   这真是奇耻大辱。
2. The chain that bound her here was of iron links, and galling to her inmost soul, but could never be broken.
   将她束缚在这里的，是源源傲进她心灵深处的铁打的锁链，永远不可能断裂了。
3. Particularly galling to her was his concept, enunciated first before the Pope at a scientific meeting at the Vatican, that the universe might be completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, no beginning or end.
   尤其令她恼火的是，他在梵蒂冈的一次科学会议上竟首次当着教皇的面宣布说，宇宙是自成一体的，无边无界无始无终。
4. The galling fact for US oil producers is that their problems are exacerbated by regulations kept in place by their own government.
   让美国石油生产商感到难堪的事实是，让问题加剧的正是美国政府出台的监管法规。
5. Of course it is galling for Japan to be lectured by China, which has whitewashed much of its modern history, on the importance of historical accuracy.
   当然，在真实还原历史的重要性这个问题上，日本难免对粉饰了本国很大一部分近代史的中国的说教不服气。
6. This prevents stem from scoring and galling and provides longer disc seal and body life.
   这种结构避免阀杆刮伤和磨损，延长阀瓣密封和阀体的使用寿命。
7. Seating faces: Stellite 6 is used to prevent seizing and galling.
   阀座面：采用钨铬钴合金6，避免磨损和擦伤。
8. It seems we must compete. Let's be self-effacing. Don't make her too galling.
   看来不比是不行了，我们让着她点，别让她太难堪。
9. Personally, I find the case of chess most galling.
   就我个人而言，最烦恼的是没有人下象棋。
10. This design minimizes galling tendency with non-hardened stainless steel seats and is less likely to stick in the body seat.
    这种结构将未硬化不锈钢阀座的磨损可能性降到最小程度，也降低了卡在阀体阀座上的可能性。
11. What is so galling about this scenario is that it is avoidable.
    这种情景之所以让人如此难堪，是因为它是可以避免的。
12. Are you worried we beat her to make her galling?
    我是担心我们打败她令她下不来台吗？
13. Under this galling arrangement, lenders are paid handsome subsidies to make student loans that are virtually risk-free, since they are guaranteed by the government.
    这样的安排令借款人非常气恼，因为贷款人发放的助学贷款由联邦政府提供担保，实际是无风险的，而且贷款人还可以获得可观的补贴。
14. The secular talk of the worldly-minded was galling to me, and I would look wistfully to the day when my own beloved companions would come.
    长期的营求名利的交谈使我感到烦恼，我希望有一天属于自己的心爱同伴会来到。
15. It is a galling message for Washington to digest, but the Obama administration insists it will not change tack.
    对于华盛顿而言，这一信息消化起来颇为难受，但奥巴马政府坚称不会改弦易辙。
16. Extrusion punches must be coated to prevent galling.
    为防备磨损拉伸冲头必须做镀层处理。
17. Very resistant to heat, abrasion, impact, galling, oxidation, thermal shock and erosion.
    耐热、耐磨、耐腐蚀、耐冲撞、耐刮伤、耐氧化、耐热冲击和冲刷。
18. Sheet forming tests were carried out to study the changing of tool surface micro-geometry in stamping process and its effect on surface galling of parts.
    实验研究了高强度钢板成形过程中模具表面形态的演化规律及其对冲压件表面损伤的影响。
19. It was very galling to have a younger brother who did everything better than me.
    有个做什么事都比我做得好的弟弟，真让人恼火。
20. There is no metal-to-metal contact, therefore gate galling is impossible.
    不存在金属对金属的接触，因此也就不可能出现闸板问题的困扰。
21. Chinese women had no love for their galling bonds.
    中国妇女不爱折磨她们的那种关系。
22. Their plight is all the more galling considering that, up until the late 1970s, the Philippines was well positioned to partake in the economic expansion that enriched neighbouring Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.
    令他们的困境愈发显得难堪的是，直到上世纪70年代末，菲律宾人还可以很好地分享相邻的香港、马来西亚和新加坡的经济增长成果。
23. It was galling that the issue chosen by our critics was a subject in which we had every reason to take pride.
    令人伤脑筋的是，我们的批评者所选择的这个问题正是我们有种种理由可以自豪的事情。
24. For this subject, we invent a new composite connection technology, which is a combo of mechanical connection and galling.
    汽车轻量化是全球汽车工业发展的趋势，本论文自主创新了一种新型复合连接&机械锁扣与粘接复合的连接方法。
25. The perception that commercial success often depends on political ties makes inequality in China more galling.
    商业成功经常依靠的是政治关系，这种认识导致中国的不平等状况更令人不满。
26. After a galling defeat against France last night, Italy will have to recover their morale for the big match next week.
    昨晚窝火地被法幽队击败后，意大利队必须恢复士气以准备下周的大赛。
27. In markets rife with insider trading, the stunning first trading days were galling examples of how people with connections seemed to make all the money.
    在充斥着内幕交易的市场上，首日交易中股价的飙升是一个令人尴尬的例证：有关系的人看上去赚走了所有的钱。
28. Yet even as Eva recounts evidence of her son's malevolence at a young age, the reader is left with a galling question: would Kevin have fared better if his mother loved him more?
    然而即使伊娃重新搜集了她儿子幼年时狠毒本性的证据，读者仍然会被一个恼人的问题所困扰：如果他的母亲曾多爱他一些的话，凯文会不会好很多？
29. Study on Thermal Fatigue Damage of the Valve on the Intermediate-pressure Section of Steam Turbine in Power Plants This prevents stem from scoring and galling and provides longer disc seal and body life.
    火电站中压主汽阀阀壳热疲劳损伤研究这种结构避免阀杆刮伤和磨损，延长阀瓣密封和阀体的使用寿命。
30. It's galling to see people rewarded for failure.
    这是恼怒地看到人奖励失败。

adj

1. causing irritation or annoyance
   1. tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
   2. aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
   3. found it galling to have to ask permission
   4. an irritating delay
   5. nettlesome paperwork
   6. a pesky mosquito
   7. swarms of pestering gnats
   8. a plaguey newfangled safety catch
   9. a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
   10. a vexatious child
   11. it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong

   Synonym:    annoyingbothersomeirritatingnettlesomepeskypesteringpestiferousplaguyplagueyteasingvexatiousvexing