affront 详细解释

affront

[ə'frʌnt]

n.侮辱
v.侮辱,冒犯

vt.

1. 公开侮辱; 有意冒犯

affront human dignity

对人的尊严表示轻蔑

2. 勇敢地面对

affront death

临死不惧

3. 【古】面对

n.

公然侮辱; 轻蔑[C]

It was an affront to common decency.

这是对社会礼仪的公然冒犯。

词形变化

动词过去式: affronted | 动词过去分词: affronted | 动词现在分词: affronting | 动词第三人称单数: affronts |

词义辨析

同义:

n.侮辱; 冒犯

provocation  offense  an open insult  

同义参见:

insult  indignity  disregard  displease  dishonor  discourtesy  offend  dare  aggress  

英英释义

名词 affront:

a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

同义词：insult

动词 affront:

treat, mention, or speak to rudely

同义词：diss, insult

补充

affrontaffront英:[əˈfrʌnt] 美:[əˈfrʌnt]n.1.侮辱, 冒犯His refusal to see me was an affront.他拒绝见我, 这对我是个侮辱。vt.1.侮辱, 冒犯I was affronted by his actions.他的行为冒犯了我。

例句

1. an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov让卡斯帕罗夫感到特别受冒犯的事件 2. 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。 3. She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.她把我的询问当成了人身侮辱。 4. 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。 5. 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。 6. She was affronted at his conduct.她被他的行为冒犯了。 7. Her speech affronted all of us.她的讲话冒犯了我们大家。 8. to affront death临死不惧 9. he took his son's desertion as a personal affront.他认为他儿子开小差是对他个人的侮辱。 10. the sackings were an affront to justice.解雇这些人是对司法的蔑视。 11. she was affronted by his familiarity.他亲昵的举动冒犯了她。 12. He regarded her rude behavior as a personal affront.他把她的粗鲁行为视为一种人身侮辱。 13. Her remarks were an affront to all of us.她的言论是对我们大家的一种侮辱。 14. The test was an affront to our intelligence. [=the test was too simple]这种测试简直是对我们智力的侮辱。 15. "He was affronted [=insulted, offended] by her rude behavior."她的粗鲁行为冒犯了他。

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