offend

[ə'fend]

vt.冒犯, 犯罪
vi.违反, 令人不适

vt.

1. 冒犯; 触怒; 伤害……的感情

We were offended by his vulgar language.

我们被他的粗话所激怒。

I hope I haven't offended you.

我希望我未冒犯您。

2. 使不舒服

The smell offends me.

这气味令我作呕。

vi.

1. 违反; 犯过错; 犯罪[(+against)]

She prayed that she would never offend.

她祈祷但愿永远不做错事。

2. 引起不舒服(或愤怒)

Bad manners may offend.

不礼貌可能触犯他人。

词形变化

动词过去式: offended | 动词过去分词: offended | 动词现在分词: offending | 动词第三人称单数: offends |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.使痛苦; 使苦恼

displease  hurt  pain  grieve  wound  disgust  sicken  horrify  affront  insult  

同义参见:

insult  revolt  spite  humiliate  repel  wound  aggress  

反义:

vt.触怒; 冒犯; 伤害

appease  calm  quiet  soothe  compose  pacify  defend  

英英释义

动词 offend:

cause to feel resentment or indignation

同义词：pique

act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

同义词：transgress, infract, violate, go against, breach, break

strike with disgust or revulsion

同义词：shock, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage

hurt the feelings of

同义词：hurt, wound, injure, bruise, spite

补充

offendoffend英:[əˈfend] 美:[əˈfɛnd]vt.1.触怒; 冒犯I think I never offend you.我想我从没有触犯过你。2.使反感That sound offends my ear.那声音使我感到刺耳。vi.1.犯规, 触犯The driver offended against the traffic regulations.这个司机违反了交通规则。

例句

1. She was terribly afraid of offending anyone.她非常害怕得罪任何人。 2. He says he had no intention of offending the community.他说他无意冒犯该社群。 3. The survey found almost 90 per cent of people were offended by strong swearwords.这项调查发现几乎90％的人都会被不堪入耳的脏话所触怒。 4. The smell offended him.这种气味使他作呕。 5. In showing contempt for the heavyweight championship, Douglas offended a stern code.道格拉斯藐视重量级拳王称号的行为违背了严格的准则。 6. Girls are far less likely to offend than boys.女孩的犯罪倾向远低于男孩。 7. He was offended by her unreasonable quarrel.他被她的无理取闹激怒了。 8. His rudeness offended every one in the restaurant.他的粗鲁无礼令餐馆中的所有人感到不悦。 9. to offend the moral concepts违背道德 10. You could only offend, behave yourself!放规矩点儿，别惹大家生气。 11. to offend against the law违法 12. 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。 13. 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。 14. [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。 15. a small hard core of young criminals who offend again and again.一小撮屡次犯罪的年轻罪犯。 16. 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。 17. I hope they won't be offended if I don't come.我希望，如果我不来的话，他们不会生气。 18. He felt offended that she hadn't written for so long.他因她很久没有写信给他而感到生气。 19. His comments about minority groups offended many of us.他对少数民族群体的评论伤了我们许多人的感情。 20. She had carefully worded her comments so as not to offend anyone.为了不得罪人，她的评论措辞很小心。 21. It offends me that you would make such a remark.你要发表如此的评论，这让我生气。 22. Don't worry. I wasn't offended.别担心，我没生气。 23. I felt a little offended by their lack of respect.他们的不敬让我有点不高兴。 24. Some people are offended by the song's lyrics.这首歌的歌词冒犯了一些人。 25. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."对不起，我并不想惹你生气。 26. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend."对不起，我无意冒犯。 27. The billboard offends the eye. [=the billboard is not attractive]这块广告牌很碍眼。 28. Her actions offended against our sensibilities.她的所作所为让我们在情感上难以接受。 29. Is he likely to offend again after his release from prison?出狱后，他会不会再次犯罪？