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But relations with America will be pricklier than expected, partly because his pretensions to big-power status irk Washington.
但与美国的关系将会比预期的有更多磕绊，部分归因于他自命不凡的大国姿态让华盛顿很不爽。
It is not that bits of Europe are flirting with fascism again. It is rather that the same issues irk voters then as now—and politicians are responding to them in similar ways.
并不是说欧洲的哪些地区又在向法西斯主义暗送秋波，只是当年困扰着选民的问题又卷土重来了——而政客们应对的手法也如出一辙。
Tariffs may irk price-conscious consumers but at least they raise revenue for the public coffers.
关税虽然会让那些对价格敏感的消费者苦恼不已，但至少还能增加国库税收。

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