fray

US [freɪ]
UK [freɪ]
  • v.（使织物边沿）磨损；恼火
  • n.争辩（尤指激烈或视为检验能力的）
  • Web吵架；冲突；争论
Simple Present：frays  Present Participle：fraying  Past Tense：frayed  

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fray
v.
1.
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（使织物边沿）磨损，磨散if clothfrays or sthfrays it, the threads in it start to come apart
The cuffs of his shirt were fraying.
他衬衣的袖口磨破了。
This material frays easily.
这布料容易磨损。
It was fashionable to fray the bottoms of your jeans.
曾经时兴把牛仔裤磨毛。
2.
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~ (sth)
（使）烦躁，恼火if sb's nerves or temperfrays or sthfrays them, the person starts to get irritated or annoyed
As the debate went on, tempers began to fray.
随着辩论的继续，火气就上来了。
IDM
Support for the leader was fraying at the edges.
对这位领导人的拥护已开始瓦解。
fray at/around the edges/seams
开始卷边；脱线脚；分崩离析；失败to start to come apart or to fail
Support for the leader was fraying at the edges.
对这位领导人的拥护已开始瓦解。
n.
1.
[sing]
打斗，竞争，争辩（尤指激烈或视为检验能力的）a fight, a competition or an argument, especially one that is exciting or seen as a test of your ability
They were ready for the fray.
他们准备好了争斗。
to enter/join the fray
加入争辩
At 71, he has now retired from the political fray.
他现年 71 岁，已经退出了政治角逐。

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1.
But the units of the regular army that defected seem to have stayed largely out of the fray, leaving the fighting to untrained youths.
但是，投效反抗军的正规军单位大致上似乎隔岸观火，将战斗交给未受训练的年轻人。
dàn shì , tóu xiào fǎn kàng jūn de zhèng guī jūn dān wèi dà zhì shàng sì hū gé àn guān huǒ , jiāng zhàn dòu jiāo gěi wèi shòu xùn liàn de nián qīng rén 。
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2.
The fabric of globalization, which had been stitched together around the so-called Washington Consensus, began to fray.
经由所谓的华盛顿共识所建立起来的全球化结构开始破裂了。
jīng yóu suǒ wèi de huá shèng dùn gòng shí suǒ jiàn lì qǐ lái de quán qiú huà jié gòu kāi shǐ pò liè le 。
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3.
It was a gallant fight, and you and he have made a friend of me by it, for I love to see a well-fought fray.
打得漂亮！这下子你和他是我的朋友了。我就喜欢这种拼得你死我活的战斗。
dǎ de piào liang ! zhè xià zi nǐ hé tā shì wǒ de péng yǒu le 。 wǒ jiù xǐ huan zhè zhǒng pīn de nǐ sǐ wǒ huó de zhàn dòu 。
4.
It's just notable to see such a prominent market figure jumping into this strange fray.
只不过是觉得，一位对市场如此重要的人物加入这场奇怪的纷争，是值得关注的。
zhǐ bú guò shì jué de , yī wèi duì shì chǎng rú cǐ zhòng yào de rén wù jiā rù zhè chǎng qí guài de fēn zhēng , shì zhí de guān zhù de 。
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5.
A lone police officer is seen for a moment then, perhaps wisely deciding for his own sake to stay out the fray.
一名警察看了一会，可能是认为躲开人群才是明智的选择。
yī míng jǐng chá kàn le yí huì , kě néng shì rèn wéi duǒ kāi rén qún cái shì míng zhì de xuǎn zé 。
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6.
Prior to the sixth edition, he had tried to stay out of that fray and rely on his network of friends to defend his ideas.
在第六版之前，他一直都在试图避免这些争论，依靠自己的朋友圈来捍卫自己的思想。
zài dì liù bǎn zhī qián , tā yì zhí dōu zài shì tú bì miǎn zhè xiē zhēng lùn , yī kào zì jǐ de péng yǒu quān lái hàn wèi zì jǐ de sī xiǎng 。
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7.
Even if you make a conscious effort to stay out of the fray, it's almost impossible not to be sucked in.
即使你有意识地努力避开冲突，但要完全不卷入其中几乎是不可能的。
jí shǐ nǐ yǒu yì shi de nǔ lì bì kāi chōng tū , dàn yào wán quán bù juǎn rù qí zhōng jī hū shì bù kě néng de 。
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8.
Like most big life insurers, Aviva did enter the fray with one distinct advantage. It had already had a practice run.
英杰华和多数大型人寿保险公司一样，在加入战局的时候拥有一个特别的优点——历经实战。
yīng jié huá hé duō shù dà xíng rén shòu bǎo xiǎn gōng sī yí yàng , zài jiā rù zhàn jú de shí hou yōng yǒu yī gè tè bié de yōu diǎn — — lì jīng shí zhàn 。
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9.
The first consequence of this fray was, that the woman who was really the thief made off and got clearly away in the crowd.
这个吵闹的结果是他们所捉住的真贼，那个女人，乘机杂在群众中跑掉了。
zhè ge chǎo nào de jié guǒ shì tā men suǒ zhuō zhù de zhēn zéi , nà ge nǚ rén , chéng jī zá zài qún zhòng zhōng pǎo diào le 。
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10.
That question was at the center of the fray as Congress drew up the legislation over the course of the year.
在国会制订这项法案的一年期间，这一问题一直是争论的中心。
zài guó huì zhì dìng zhè xiàng fǎ àn de yī nián qī jiān , zhè yī wèn tí yì zhí shì zhēng lùn de zhōng xīn 。
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