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| /əˈfensɪv/ |
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| 1 | unpleasant or insulting , and likely to make people upset or embarrassed 冒犯的；使人不快的；令人难堪的 |
| books containing offensive language 含有冒犯语言的书 |
| offensive odours 难闻的气味 |
| There were complaints that the advertisement was offensive to women. 有人投诉说这则广告是对女性的冒犯。 |
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| 2 | only before noun used for attacking 进攻性的 |
| offensive weapons 进攻性武器 |
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| 3 | only before noun MAINLY AMERICAN involved in scoring points （比赛中）攻势的，进攻的 |
| offensive players 进攻球员 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| offensively adv |
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| offensiveness noun U |
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| Words frequently used with offensive | | offensive 的常见搭配词 | | adverbs | deeply, deliberately, grossly, highly, | 1 | | | |
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