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affront

英 [əˈfrʌnt]

美 [əˈfrʌnt]

n.  侮辱; 冒犯
v.  侮辱; 冒犯

过去分词:affronted 过去式:affronted 复数:affronts 现在分词:affronting 第三人称单数:affronts 

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Collins.1 / BNC.13922 / COCA.16245

牛津词典

    noun

    • 侮辱;冒犯
      a remark or an action that insults or offends sb/sth

      verb

      • 侮辱;冒犯
        to insult or offend sb
        1. He hoped they would not feel affronted if they were not invited .
          他希望如果他们没有获得邀请也不要感到受辱。
        2. an affronted expression
          受到冒犯的表情

      柯林斯词典

      • VERB 侮辱;冒犯
        If somethingaffrontsyou, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
        1. ...an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov.
          让卡斯帕罗夫感到特别受辱的一件事
      • N-COUNT 侮辱;冒犯
        If something is anaffront toyou, it is an obvious insult to you.
        1. It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this...
          如此维持一个人的生命是对人类尊严的冒犯。
        2. She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
          她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。

      英英释义

      noun

      • a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
        1. turning his back on me was a deliberate insult
        Synonym:insult

      verb

      • treat, mention, or speak to rudely
        1. He insulted her with his rude remarks
        2. the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
        Synonym:dissinsult

      双语例句

      • Nell takes it as a personal affront.
        内尔认为这是对他个人的公然侮辱。
      • Their rudeness was intended to affront the neighbours.
        他们故意用粗鲁的言行来侮辱邻居。
      • These deaths are an affront to our common humanity, and undermine the efforts of many countries to achieve their development potential.
        这些死亡是对我们共同人性的侮辱,也破坏了许多国家充分发挥发展潜力的努力。
      • It was an affront to common decency.
        这是对社会礼仪的公然冒犯。
      • Sheldon: This affront to justice and decency cannot go unanswered.
        这是对正义和尊严的侮辱,不能置之不理。
      • The asymmetric pay-off is an affront to morals and ethics.
        不对称的回报违反了道德和伦理。
      • Not to mention it being an affront to our environment.
        不提它对我们的环境是一个侮辱。
      • These acts are an affront to all standards of human decency and international law.
        这些行为违背了人类尊严和国际法的一切准则。
      • An affront to one's dignity or self-esteem.
        公开侮辱某人的尊严和自尊。
      • New Orleans is an affront to nature, and nature isn't shy about reminding New Orleans of it.
        新奥尔良的所作所为冒犯了大自然,大自然也不介意用它的方式提醒新奥尔良注意这一点。