It really goes against the grain to have to work on a Sunday.
星期天还得上班的确不合常情。
牛津词典
wood of coarse/fine grain
质地粗 / 细的木头
牛津词典
to cut a piece of wood along/across the grain
顺着纹路劈木头；横对纹路把木头拦腰截断
牛津词典
There isn't a grain of truth in those rumours.
那些谣传一点也不可靠。
牛津词典
a grain of salt/sand/sugar
一粒盐 / 沙 / 砂糖
牛津词典
a few grains of rice
几粒大米
牛津词典
America's grain exports
美国的谷物出口
牛津词典
Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.
私有化有悖于他们反对工业私有的原则。
Brush the paint generously over the wood in the direction of the grain.
顺着木材的纹理刷上厚厚的一层漆。
There's more than a grain of truth in that.
其中含有很深刻的道理。
...a grain of sand.
一粒沙子
...a grain of wheat.
一粒小麦
...rice grains.
米粒
...a bag of grain.
一袋谷物
...the best grains.
优质谷物
The middle ranks include Senior Colonel, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major.
校级军衔包括大校 、 上校 、 中校 、 少校.
期刊摘选
There is not a grain of common sense in what he has said.
他说的话中一点常识都没有.
《简明英汉词典》
That is a drop of grain sacks from an aircraft to the hungry people on the island.
那是从飞机上空投给岛上饥民的一袋袋粮食.
《简明英汉词典》
The chickens will peck up all the grain that you throw on the ground.
小鸡会把你扔在地上的谷子全鹐起来吃掉.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
They are dependent upon importation from foreign countries for cotton and grain.
他们的粮、棉依赖从国外进口.
《简明英汉词典》
The United States tried to dispose of its grain surpluses.
美国努力把过剩粮食处理掉.
《简明英汉词典》
Every family in our village has grain to spare.
我们村没一家没余粮.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Farmers thresh grain with threshing machines.
农民用脱粒机脱粒.
《简明英汉词典》
The grain store processed flour wrappers for Chinese dumplings.
这家粮店把面粉加工成面皮供包饺子用.
《简明英汉词典》
The grain store holds several thousand tonnes.
这个粮仓可以存放几千吨粮食.
《简明英汉词典》
Average grain output per mu has reached 1300 jin.
平均亩产量达到了1300斤.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
It goes against the grain for him to be rude to a friend.
他对朋友粗鲁不是出于本意.
《简明英汉词典》
In spite of the unfavorable weather, the grain output of the farm kept up and even increased a little than last year.
尽管天气不好, 但粮食产量并未下降,甚至比去年还略有增加.
《简明英汉词典》
The peasants store up the grain against famine.
农民们贮粮备荒.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
What about supply? The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Unable to buy grain or grow their own, hungry people take to the streets.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文To lower domestic food prices, some countries limited or stopped their grain exports.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文The surge in world grain prices in 2007 and 2008—and the threat they pose to food security—has a different, more troubling quality than the increases of the past.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文The result is falling water tables in countries with half the world's people, including the three big grain producers—China, India and the U.S.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文The more recent steep climb in grain prices partly results from the fact that more and more people want to consume meat products.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume -72- highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion of U.S. grain to the production of bio-fuel.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Increasing water shortages prove to be the biggest obstacle to boosting the world's grain production.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文In response to those restrictions, grain-importing countries are trying to nail down long-term trade agreements that would lock up future grain supplies.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文In contrast, the recent surge in world grain prices is trend-driven, making it unlikely to reverse without a reversal in the trends themselves.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文During the second half of the 20th century, grain prices rose dramatically several times.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文As incomes rise among low-income consumers, the potential for further grain consumption is huge.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文A quarter of this year's American grain harvest will be used to produce bio-fuel for cars.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文A fourth of this year's U.S. grain harvest will go to fuel cars.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文a decrease of grain production
出自-2011年6月阅读原文Nadeau notices the pre-made macaron-and-cheese boxes in Scott's shopping cart and suggests she switch to whole grain macaroni and real cheese.
2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section BOn the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion of U.S. grain to t
2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section BThe three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.
2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section BMost Americans don’t eat enough fruits, vegetables or whole grains.
出自-2017年6月听力原文In most cases, the human waste is used on grain crops, which are eventually cooked, minimizing the risk of transmitting water-borne diseases.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Another factor is the squeeze that conventional dairy farmers have felt as the price of grain they feed their cows has gone up, tightening their profit margins.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BBy replacing expensive grain feed with regenerative management practices, grass-fed farmers are insulated from jumps in the price of feed.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BThe rest is feed-lot confined and fed grain and corn.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BPeople believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands, commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain.
2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文"a grain of sand"
"saw the board across the grain"
"His hands were grained with dirt"
这些名词都有"谷物"之意。
