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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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。
• There is no greater affront to the spirit of the Bro Code than a willing violation.
  明知故犯是对《兄弟法则》的真谛的最大侮辱。
• His speech was an affront to them.
  他的演说对他们来说是冒犯。
• I take this as almost a personal affront.
  我几乎把这当做一种个人的侮辱。
• She saw their rejection of her as an affront to her dignity.
  她将他们对她的排斥视为对她尊严的冒犯。
• It seems that my lunch was an affront on many counts.
  我的午餐似乎在许多方面都是对这本书的公开蔑视。
• 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 play was considered an affront to public morals.
  人们认为这出戏侮辱了社会公德。
• 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？
• Their rudeness was intended to affront the neighbours.
  他们故意用粗鲁的言行来侮辱邻居。