This sort of takes the sting out of being occupied, doesn't it, Mr. Richard?

这可以减轻被占领的苦恼，你说是不是，理查先生？

I suppose. Yeah. Nothing takes the sting out of a shattered life like a properlyseasoned bowl of onion soup.

算是吧，没有什么比一碗精心调味的法式洋葱汤更能让破碎的生活变得好接受了。

She patted his arm to take the sting out of her command.

她拍拍他的手臂，让她的命令不再受到刺痛。

Bodily activity will sometimes take the sting out of anxiety as completely as assurance itself.

身体活动有时会像确信本身一样完全消除焦虑的刺痛。

For some kids, it takes the sting out of reading to put Sting in it and now that he's bound for many hours of page-turning, Sting is at a lost for words.

对一些孩子来说, 给斯汀念书的同时消除了读书的痛苦，现在斯汀面临着许多小时的轮番阅读，这会让他淹没在词汇里。

How to reverse this process, how to take the sting out of heredity, has for long been one of the most constant cares of the thoughtful men amongst us.

如何扭转这一过程，如何消除遗传的毒刺，长期以来一直是我们中间有思想的人最关心的问题之一。