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　

GRETEM8

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In any other Chinese city the ringleaders of such an affront would risk detention, arrest and imprisonment.
  在中国其它任何一个城市，这种公开冒犯中央权威行为的组织者都可能被拘捕和监禁。
• His speech was an affront to them.
  他的演说对他们来说是冒犯。
• 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。
• Their rudeness was intended to affront the neighbours.
  他们故意用粗鲁的言行来侮辱邻居。
• 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 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。