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(Trying to untangle her) Some of these look a little frayed.

（试图解开她）有些看起来缠在一起了。

President Bush is on his way home after a five-day European tour aimed at mending trans-Atlantic ties, frayed by the war in Iraq.

布什总统在对欧洲结束了以修补因伊拉克战争而陷入紧张的美欧关系为目的的五天访问，正在返回美国的途中。

When it takes the form of hoarding, the link between saving and promoting economic activity is broken, or at least frayed.

当人们仅仅是把钱存起来的时候，储蓄与增进经济活力之间的联系就断了，或者至少受到了损害。

Recently that tenuous partnership was frayed, causing some of those bubbles to pop loudly enough for the entire business to hear.

在最近，这种脆弱的合作关系被扯破了，并在行业内引起了很大的反响。

She stared down at the old braided rug, with its frayed threads and little spills, and might have been looking into the past.

她盯着地上有些磨损和污渍的旧编织毯，但她的思绪可能已经回到了过去。

Mr Gates soothed relations with the top brass, the State Department and Congress that had been frayed by his predecessor's truculence.

盖茨缓和了上层官员间的矛盾，国防部与国会之间被前任国防部长的粗野行为破坏的关系得以修复。

As I happened to be sitting next the driver going to town on the 'bus, I told him my joke about the "frayed" shirts.

在去城里的公交车上，我碰巧坐在司机身边，我就给他讲关于“磨损”衬衣的笑话。

Valerie Jarrett, who took flak for her outreach efforts to business, will remain in place with an eye to improving frayed relations.

瓦莱丽哈雷特，谁把她的外联工作业务高射炮，将继续留在地方，其磨损的关系，改善眼。

Trousers were all warped and frayed at the bottom and coats worn and faded.

裤子全都是歪歪斜斜的，裤脚已经磨损，上衣也已破旧并且褪了色。

But a strong response to both Beijing and Pyongyang could be undermined by frayed ties between Washington's two main allies in East Asia.

然而，对中国和朝鲜采取的强有力回应，可能会因为华盛顿在东亚的两个盟友关系受损而被削弱。

But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door the head waiter's eye fell upon his frayed trousers and decadent shoes.

可是当索比的脚刚踏进餐厅的门，招待领班的眼睛就盯上了他的破裤烂鞋。

And the city has been spruced up, even though some of the new stuff is already starting to look frayed in places, and is of dubious taste.

如今的上海市虽已装饰一新，但有些地方的新建设施已出现磨损并散发出异味。

A frayed top-hat and a faded brown overcoat with a wrinkled velvet collar lay upon a chair beside him.

在他旁边的椅子上，放着一顶有磨损的大礼帽和一件褪了色的棕色大衣，天鹅绒领子皱巴巴的。

On stock markets, sentiment was also frayed and in London the FTSE 100 index of bluechips closed at its lowest level for seven weeks.

在证券市场，悲观情绪蔓延。伦敦富时100蓝筹股指数跌停于数周内的最低水平。

their trousers were mere bags , frayed at the bottom and wobbling over big , soppy shoes , torn at the sides and worn almost to shreds.

裤子简直就像布袋子，裤脚已经磨破，在湿透的大鞋子上面甩来甩去。

Despite its frayed reputation as a prudent fiscal manager, no one believes the U. S. itself is headed for junk status.

虽然美国作为审慎财政管理者的名声受损，没人相信美国正朝着垃圾评级发展。

White House correspondents assumed a more adversarial stance, and the bond between media and government elites frayed.

白宫记者们则摆出更具对抗性的姿态，并成为媒体与政府精英过招的粘合剂。

I thought she could strengthen the often-frayed relationships between federal law enforcement and its state and local counterparts.

我想她可以改善联邦执法部门与州或县的执法机构之间的关系，减少常有的摩擦。

Once, noticing that his trademark blue blazer had become so frayed that repair was pointless, Mrs. Sanford bought him a new one.

有一次，珊弗夫人注意到他的蓝火牌子已经磨损得破旧不堪，并且修复无望，于是便重新给他买了一个。

Check your telephone wires to be sure they are not damaged , frayed , or twisted around power or other telephone cables .

请检查电话线，确保没有损坏、磨损或与电源线或其他电话线绞在一起。