affront

英 [əˈfrʌnt]

美 [əˈfrʌnt]

n.  侮辱; 冒犯
v.  侮辱; 冒犯

过去分词：affronted　过去式：affronted　复数：affronts　现在分词：affronting　第三人称单数：affronts　

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牛津词典

noun

• 侮辱；冒犯
  a remark or an action that insults or offends sb/sth

verb

• 侮辱；冒犯
  to insult or offend sb
  1. He hoped they would not feel affronted if they were not invited .
     他希望如果他们没有获得邀请也不要感到受辱。
  2. an affronted expression
     受到冒犯的表情

柯林斯词典

• VERB 侮辱；冒犯
  If somethingaffrontsyou, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
  1. ...an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov.
     让卡斯帕罗夫感到特别受辱的一件事
• N-COUNT 侮辱；冒犯
  If something is anaffront toyou, it is an obvious insult to you.
  1. It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this...
     如此维持一个人的生命是对人类尊严的冒犯。
  2. She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
     她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。

英英释义

noun

• a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
  1. turning his back on me was a deliberate insult
  Synonym:insult

verb

• treat, mention, or speak to rudely
  1. He insulted her with his rude remarks
  2. the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
  Synonym:dissinsult

双语例句

• The way the prisoners were treated was an affront to human dignity.
  这种对待犯人的方式是对人类尊严的侮辱。
• He was not a man to sit down with affront.
  他并不是一个可以忍受当众侮辱的人。
• The play was considered an affront to public morals.
  人们认为这出戏侮辱了社会公德。
• She did not dare affront him, for she understood the pride of artists.
  她不敢冒犯他，因为她明白艺术家最珍视尊严。
• How do you know she finds your race and gender a personal affront?
  你怎么知道她感到你的种族和性别是对她个人的冒犯？
• In any other Chinese city the ringleaders of such an affront would risk detention, arrest and imprisonment.
  在中国其它任何一个城市，这种公开冒犯中央权威行为的组织者都可能被拘捕和监禁。
• The publication of this novel is an affront to our religion.
  这本小说的出版是对我们宗教的故意侮辱。
• These acts are an affront to all standards of human decency and international law.
  这些行为违背了人类尊严和国际法的一切准则。
• Their rudeness was intended to affront the neighbours.
  他们故意用粗鲁的言行来侮辱邻居。
• Sheldon: This affront to justice and decency cannot go unanswered.
  这是对正义和尊严的侮辱，不能置之不理。