offend
/əˈfend/verb
1
- with obj.（常作be offended）cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful得罪; 冒犯：
17 per cent of viewers said they had been offended by bad language.
17％的观众说骂人的脏话使他们听着觉得不舒服。
1.1
- be displeasing to令人不快：
he didn't smoke and the smell of ash offended him
他不吸烟, 所以烟灰的味道让他不快
as adj. offending the Department of Transport must redesign the offending section of road.交通部必须重新设计那段让人不满的道路。
2
- no obj. commit an illegal act犯罪：
a small hard core of young criminals who offend again and again.
一小撮屡次犯罪的死硬年轻罪犯。
2.1
- break a commonly accepted rule or principle违反（常规）：
those activities which offend against public order and decency.
那些违反了公共秩序和行为准则的活动。
派生词
offendedly
adverboffender
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French offendre, from Latin offendere 'strike against'.