Without realizing, he had touched a raw nerve.

【nerve】无意间他触到了别人的痛处。

Seeing his face, Joanne realized she’d touched a raw nerve.

【raw，rawness】看到他的脸色，乔安娜意识到她触到了他的痛处。

Analysts say the carnage has touched a raw nerve at the White House, which illuminated itself in Israel's color over the tragedy.

分析人士说，这场大屠杀触动了白宫的痛处，在这场悲剧中，白宫用以色列的色彩来说明自己。

But the tweet by Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland late last week about the jailing of a Saudi activist seemed to touch a raw nerve with the Saudi government.

但是加拿大外交部长克里斯蒂娅·弗里兰上周末在推特中指责沙特逮捕一名活动人士，这似乎触到了沙特政府的痛处。