Cutting against the grain is more difficult.

逆着纹理切割更困难。

With any steak, you want to slice it against the grain.

任何牛排，切的时候都不能顺着它的纹理去切。

To open one that goes against the grain is a risk.

开一家背逆潮流的餐厅是有风险的。

Doing and offering less goes against the grain in many ways.

少做事，少产出，这在很多方面都有违常理。

Sliced is basically against the grain with a touch of fattiness in there.

切片基本上是紧挨着面饼，里面有一点脂肪。

Christmas cake really goes against the grain 'cause it's supposed to be dense.

圣诞蛋糕真的很不寻常，因为它应该很稠密才对。

In order to create a tender cut, I'm gonna cut against the grain.

为了为了切出嫩的切面，我要逆着纹理切。

And that brings us to our expression: to go against the grain.

这就引出了我们的表达方式：背道而驰。

Many people love him because he goes against the grain, but others say he’s bad for sumo.

他的独树一帜让他获得了许多人的钟爱，但是还有许多人认为他对相扑产生了坏影响。

An idea or action that goes against the grain is difficult to do or accept.

背道而驰的想法或行动很难做到或让人接受。

This new growth also reinforces the cell wall by going against the grain of the existing wall.

这一生长促使对现有细胞壁纹理的抵触，因此也强化了细胞壁。

If you go against the grain, you do something differently from what is normal or usual.

如果你背道而驰，你就会做一些不同于正常或平常情况的事情。

So, for him this job goes against the grain.

所以，对他来说，这份工作背道而驰。

Sometimes we want to go against the grain.

有时候，我们想反其道而行。

To go against the grain can also mean to do things differently from others.

“To go against the grain”也可以指以不同于他人的方式做事。

But the Taoists, as rebellious as they are, go against the grain by saying that uselessness is actually very useful.

但是道家，尽管他们很叛逆，却反其道而行，说无用实际上是非常有用的。

It just goes against the grain for her.

对于她来说这背道而驰。

Anything less would go against the grain for me.

低于这一标准对我来说就是背道而驰。

At the beginning, he was against the grain with other people.

一开始，他与别人格格不入。

Mary is always honest and it went against the grain to tell lies.

【grain】玛丽一向诚实，说谎不符合她的性格。