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sting Br and Aus Am and Aus also string.er stIN H5stIN7E5, $-Ln [C]A sting is a usually pointed part of an insect, plant or animal that can be used to touch or go through a person's or animal's skin and leave behind some poison if the insect or plant feels that it is in danger.刺The honeybee leaves its sting in the wound, and then dies.蜜蜂将它的刺留在伤口中，然后会死去。If something, such as a story or joke, has a sting in the/its tail (Am infml has a stinger in it), it has a surprising or unpleasant part which only becomes clear at the end.出人意料的（或不愉快的）结局It's a humorous short story with a sting in its tail.这是个结尾出人意料的幽默短篇小说。The 10% pay increase does have a sting in the tail because the increase will depend on how much work you do.这10％的加薪真是蜜里藏刺，因为它取决于你做了多少工作。If something takes the sting out of an unpleasant situation, it makes it less unpleasant.减少不快The new policy of shorter working hours will serve to take the sting out of the pay cut.缩短工时的新政策减少了由减薪引起的不快。
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