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- (of a part of one's body) painful or aching（身体某部位）疼痛的：
my feet were sore and my head ached.
我的脚和头都很痛。
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- predic. suffering pain from a part of one's body感到疼痛的：
he was sore from the long ride.
他因为长时间骑车而感到全身疼痛。
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- predic. informal, chiefly US upset and angry〈非正式, 主美〉恼火的; 生气的：
I didn't even know they were sore at us.
我甚至不知道他们对我们很不满。
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- attrib. severe; urgent严峻的; 紧急的：
we're in sore need of him.
我们急切需要他。
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- a raw or painful place on the body身体上的痛处：
all of us had sores and infections on our hands.
我们所有人的手上都有伤口而且感染了。
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- a cause or source of distress or annoyance痛处, 伤心事：
there's no point raking over the past and opening old sores.
翻老账、揭开旧疮疤没有任何意义。
- archaic extremely; severely〈古〉极度地; 严厉地：
they were sore afraid.
他们极度恐惧。
短语
sore point
- a subject or issue about which someone feels distressed or annoyed and which it is therefore advisable to avoid in conversation with them（谈话中应当回避的）痛处（或伤心事）。
stand（或stick）out like a sore thumb
- be very obviously different from the surrounding people or things显得很不自然; 与周围的人（或事物）格格不入。
派生词
soreness
noun词源
Old English sār (noun and adjective), sāre (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeer 'sore' and German sehr 'very'. The original sense was 'causing intense pain, grievous', whence the adverbial use.