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单词 affront
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affront
əfrʌnt əˈfrʌnt
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense affronts, present participle affronting, past tense , past participle affronted
1 VERB 侮辱;冒犯 If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it. 侮辱;冒犯 [formal]
  • ...an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov. [VERB noun]

    让卡斯帕罗夫感到特别受辱的一件事

SYN offend, anger, provoke, outrage
affronted
  • He pretended to be affronted, but inwardly he was pleased.

    他假装受到了冒犯,但其实内心很高兴。

  • Reggie reacted with the same affronted horror Midge had felt.

    雷吉的反应是又羞愤又害怕,和米奇的感觉一样。

2 N-COUNT [usually singular] 侮辱;冒犯 If something is an affront to you, it is an obvious insult to you. 侮辱;冒犯
  • It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this. [+ to]

    如此维持一个人的生命是对人类尊严的冒犯。

  • She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.

    她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。

SYN insult, wrong, injury, abuse
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