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V-ERG
(使)（織物、繩子等）磨損;(使)磨散
If something such as cloth or rope frays, or if something frays it, its threads or fibres start to come apart from each other and spoil its appearance.
例句
The fabric is very fine or frays easily...
這種布料非常精細(xì)，或者說容易磨損。
The stitching had begun to fray at the edges...
邊上的針腳磨得已經(jīng)開始脫線了。
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V-ERG
(使)煩躁;(使)惱火;(使)緊張
If your nerves or your temper fray, or if something frays them, you become nervous or easily annoyed because of mental strain and anxiety.
例句
Tempers began to fray as the two teams failed to score...
隨著兩隊(duì)都沒能破門得分，大家漸漸沉不住氣了。
This kind of living was beginning to fray her nerves.
這種生活開始讓她神經(jīng)緊張。
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N-SING
競爭;爭斗;爭論
The fray is an exciting or challenging activity, situation, or argument that you are involved in.
例句
There will have to be a second round of voting when new candidates can enter the fray...
將不得不進(jìn)行允許新的候選人加入角逐的第二輪投票。
He would be inspiring young people to get into the political fray.
他會激勵(lì)年輕人投身政治戰(zhàn)斗。
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PHRASE
不確定;不穩(wěn)定;趨于崩潰;漸遭破壞
If you say that something is fraying at the edges or is fraying around the edges, you mean that it has an uncertain or unsteady quality, for example because it is gradually being spoiled or destroyed.
例句
There are signs that the alliance is now fraying at the edges...
有跡象表明該聯(lián)盟現(xiàn)正分崩離析。
Their marriage is getting a little frayed around the edges...
他們的婚姻開始出現(xiàn)裂痕。