suave

goad

rift

In these pre-Internet days, Musk had to wait three agonizing weeks to get a plane ticket. Once it arrived, and without flinching, he left home for good.

在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)問(wèn)世之前，馬斯克在煎熬中等待了三個(gè)星期才拿到機(jī)票。一拿到機(jī)票，他便毫不猶豫地離開(kāi)了家，再也沒(méi)有回來(lái)。

agonizing, 形容詞，表示 “使人極度痛苦的，使人煩惱的”，extremely painful；例如：an agonizing decision

Musk did away with niggling fees and overdraft penalties.

馬斯克取消了各種零星的手續(xù)費(fèi)和透支罰款。

niggling，small and of little importance，

形容詞，口語(yǔ)中表示 “瑣碎的，不重要的”，trivial

??? niggling fees ：零星的手續(xù)費(fèi)

The flimsy pitch got Musk thinking.

這些站不住腳的說(shuō)辭卻引發(fā)了馬斯克思考.

flimsy，not likely to be true or to be believed

形容詞，表示“不周密的”，即 “站不住腳的”；

例句：They have only the flimsiest of evidence against him.