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

• Not to mention it being an affront to our environment.
  不提它对我们的环境是一个侮辱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I take this as almost a personal affront.
  我几乎把这当做一种个人的侮辱。
• How do you know she finds your race and gender a personal affront?
  你怎么知道她感到你的种族和性别是对她个人的冒犯？
• 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。