单词frayed
adj.: 磨破的；神经紧张的
v.: fray的过去式和过去分词
网络: 旧日噩梦；磨损；受磨损
fray的过去式和过去分词
神经紧张的,焦虑的
磨破的,磨损的
adj.threadbareworntatteredraggeddistressed
(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。