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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The play was considered an affront to public morals.
  人们认为这出戏侮辱了社会公德。
• The publication of this novel is an affront to our religion.
  这本小说的出版是对我们宗教的故意侮辱。
• 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。
• She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
  她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。
• An affront to nature, a blasphemy, man playing God& such comments were often made.
  这是对自然的轻蔑，是对上帝的亵渎，是人在扮演上帝&人们常常作出诸如此类的评论。