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N-COUNT
蕁麻
Nettles are wild plants which have leaves covered with fine hairs that sting you when you touch them.
例句
The nettles stung their legs.
蕁麻扎了他們的腿。
...numerous clumps of stinging nettles dotted across the meadow.
數不清的一簇簇扎人的蕁麻遍布整片草地。
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VERB
惹惱;冒犯
If you are nettled by something, you are annoyed or offended by it.
例句
He was nettled by her manner...
她的舉止惹惱了他。
It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.
是那條讓他改變策略以贏得選舉的建議惹惱了他。
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PHRASE
迎難而上;知難而進;大膽抓棘手問題
If you grasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.
例句
Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
一些實業家認為政府應該在全民公決前果斷出手解決棘手的貨幣貶值問題。