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

• His speech was an affront to them.
  他的演说对他们来说是冒犯。
• 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。
• The fixed mind-set believes it's entitled to success without much effort and regards failure as a personal affront.
  这种固定的思想认为他们不用很努力，也不用承受失败那种人格的侮辱就可以获得成功。
• 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。
• I take this as almost a personal affront.
  我几乎把这当做一种个人的侮辱。
• Their rudeness was intended to affront the neighbours.
  他们故意用粗鲁的言行来侮辱邻居。
• 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。
• 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 did not dare affront him, for she understood the pride of artists.
  她不敢冒犯他，因为她明白艺术家最珍视尊严。
• She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
  她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。