against the grain的意思|示意

美 / əˈɡenst ðə ɡrein / 英 / əˈɡenst ði ɡren /

（与某人的性格、感情或愿望等）格格不入；违反意愿

against the grain的用法详解

《英语单词against the grain的用法讲解》

英语单词against the grain是一种习语，即“偏离常规”，意思是做出与大多数人截然不同的选择或行为时使用。这种短语被广泛使用，通常用来表达突出一个人在思想或行为上有主见，拒绝大众流行观点。

“going against the grain”用法示例：

1、他相信保护狗只是他做的正确的事，即使这会和大家的想法相反。 He believes that protecting dogs is the right thing to do, even if it goes against the grain of what others think.

2、她的雄心勃勃的主意有时会和同事的意见相抵触，但她总会坚持自己的观点。 Her ambitious ideas sometimes go against the grain of her colleagues' opinions, but she always stands by them.

3、虽然他也同一般人一样好奇，但他偏向于做出彻底不同的选择，与众不同。 Although he was as curious as anyone else, he tended to make drastically different decisions, going against the grain.

4、没有人想做什么东西，而所有人都像他一样去做，但他不想这样，他想去做别的事，做他自己的事，而不是与众不同。 No one wanted to do something, and everyone was doing it just like him, but he didn't want to do it, he wanted to do something else, do his own thing, and go against the grain.

从以上用法可以看出，against the grain一般用来描述一个人的思想和行为方面，当他们做出与大众普遍不同的选择或行为时，就是“偏离常规”。