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

• He was not a man to sit down with affront.
  他并不是一个可以忍受当众侮辱的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These acts are an affront to all standards of human decency and international law.
  这些行为违背了人类尊严和国际法的一切准则。
• 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。
• The play was considered an affront to public morals.
  人们认为这出戏侮辱了社会公德。
• 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。
• She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
  她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。