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单词 affront
释义 affront¹ /əˈfrʌnt/ vt.
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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 /əˈfrʌnt/ n.
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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