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

• Not to mention it being an affront to our environment.
  不提它对我们的环境是一个侮辱。
• The way the prisoners were treated was an affront to human dignity.
  这种对待犯人的方式是对人类尊严的侮辱。
• 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。
• I am a nationalist and I regard such behaviour not only as an affront to Italian pride but also an offence to a country which two years ago opened its doors to him.
  我是一个民族主义者，我认这种行为不仅是对意大利尊严的侮辱，也是对一个两年前向他敞开大门的国家的冒犯。
• She views me, a white male, as a personal affront.
  她将我的白种男性身份视为对她个人的一种冒犯。
• How do you know she finds your race and gender a personal affront?
  你怎么知道她感到你的种族和性别是对她个人的冒犯？
• An affront to one's dignity or self-esteem.
  公开侮辱某人的尊严和自尊。
• Their rudeness was intended to affront the neighbours.
  他们故意用粗鲁的言行来侮辱邻居。
• 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。
• Nell takes it as a personal affront.
  内尔认为这是对他个人的公然侮辱。