单词 | affront |
释义 | affront¹ <正式> 1.(offend)冒犯 an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov让卡斯帕罗夫感到特别受冒犯的事件 They were affronted by this lack of courtesy from people they had always regarded as friends.一向被视为朋友的人们对他们如此无礼, 他们觉得很受冒犯。 2.(insult)(尤指公然地)侮辱 3.<废>(confront)公然挑战;公然蔑视 affront² 故意侮辱;有意冒犯 She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.她把我的询问当成了人身侮辱。 to be an affront to sb/sth对…的侮辱(或冒犯) He is incapable of letting the slightest affront to his pride go unrevenged.就连对他自尊心的极轻微冒犯, 他都不能不加以报复。 Mr. Annan called poverty an affront to human dignity and human rights.安南先生把贫困称作对人类尊严和权利的侵犯。 |
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