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

• His speech was an affront to all decent members of the community.
  他的话对社区所有体面的成员是故意的侮辱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• An affront to one's dignity or self-esteem.
  公开侮辱某人的尊严和自尊。
• The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was an affront to the holiness of God in His church.
  亚拿尼亚和撒非喇的罪就是挑战圣洁的神和他的教会。
• His speech was an affront to them.
  他的演说对他们来说是冒犯。
• 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。
• 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。