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。

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。

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。

So, for him this job goes against the grain.

所以，对他来说，这份工作背道而驰。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Sometimes we want to go against the grain.

有时候，我们想反其道而行。

It just goes against the grain for her.

对于她来说这背道而驰。

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。

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。

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。

Artists often try to go against the grain and ignore the common, popular trends of the day.

艺术家们常常试图反其道而行之，无视当时普遍流行的趋势。

If an idea or action goes against the grain, it is the opposite of what you believe is right or normal.

如果一个想法或行动背道而驰，它就与你认为正确或正常的情况相反。

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。

Everyone keeps everyone in check, and when you do or say something that goes against the grain, chances are that people will unite against you.

每个人都监控着彼此，一但你做或说了某些特立独行的事，你很可能会被大众排挤。

In some situations, it takes courage to go against the grain of what others are saying or doing and stand up for what you believe in.

在某些情况下，与他人的言行背道而驰，坚持你所相信的东西，需要勇气。

And it took a lot of work, some really smart people to go against the grain and be like, " No, no, no, this is a catastrophic flood."

我们做了很多工作，一些非常聪明的人违背常规，说：" 不不不，这是一场灾难性的洪水。"