affront

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UK [ə'frʌnt]
  • n.冒犯；侮辱
  • v.冒犯；侮辱
  • Web公开侮辱；当众侮辱；有意冒犯
Simple Present：affronts  Present Participle：affronting  Past Tense：affronted  

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affront
n.
1.
[ususing]
~ (to sb/sth)
侮辱；冒犯a remark or an action that insults or offends sb/sth
v.
1.
[usupass]
~ sb/sth
侮辱；冒犯to insult or offend sb
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。
an affronted expression
受到冒犯的表情

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Definition:
AllAll,冒犯冒犯,侮辱侮辱,公开侮辱公开侮辱,当众侮辱当众侮辱,有意冒犯有意冒犯
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1.
The implied claim that mine was the centra role was bound to be an affront to any president.
这种意味着自称我起了中心作用的话，肯定要得罪任何一位总统。
zhè zhǒng yì wèi zhe zì chēng wǒ qǐ le zhōng xīn zuò yòng de huà , kěn dìng yào dé zuì rèn hé yī wèi zǒng tǒng 。
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2.
His conduct was an affront to "my dignity as a woman" , she wrote, before demanding a public apology.
她写道，他的行为对“我作为女性的尊严”是一种公开侮辱，之后要求她丈夫进行公开道歉。
tā xiě dào , tā de xíng wéi duì " wǒ zuò wéi nǚ xìng de zūn yán " shì yī zhǒng gōng kāi wǔ rǔ , zhī hòu yāo qiú tā zhàng fu jìn xíng gōng kāi dào qiàn 。
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3.
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。
tā bù gǎn mào fàn tā , yīn wèi tā míng bái yì shù jiā zuì zhēn shì zūn yán 。
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4.
Howard ruled out any such affront to the dignity of his honoured guests, saying only that the APEC outfit would be "very Australian" .
而霍华德总理则不赞成此类有损于领导人尊严的建议，他只是说，这次为领导人们准备的服饰“很有澳大利亚特色”。
ér huò huá dé zǒng lǐ zé bù zàn chéng cǐ lèi yǒu sǔn yú lǐng dǎo rén zūn yán de jiàn yì , tā zhǐ shì shuō , zhè cì wèi lǐng dǎo rén men zhǔn bèi de fú shì " hěn yǒu ào dà lì yà tè sè " 。
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5.
"And you do not cooperate. " The walls of his office made clear that the regime saw the opposition less as a threat than an affront.
他办公室的四面墙壁让你很清楚知道，这里的制度把反对党更多视作一种公开的侮辱而不仅仅是一种潜在的威胁。
tā bàn gōng shì de sì miàn qiáng bì ràng nǐ hěn qīng chǔ zhī dào , zhè lǐ de zhì dù bǎ fǎn duì dǎng gèng duō shì zuò yī zhǒng gōng kāi de wǔ rǔ ér bù jǐn jǐn shì yī zhǒng qián zài de wēi xié 。
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The fact that the majority of Chinese are agnostics has always been an affront to American Protestant evangelists.
大多数中国人不相信上帝存在，这一直令美国的新教传道者深受冒犯。
dà duō shù zhōng guó rén bù xiāng xìn shàng dì cún zài , zhè yì zhí lìng měi guó de xīn jiào chuán dào zhě shēn shòu mào fàn 。
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7.
and the affront it contained to Anne, in Mrs Clay's being of so much use, while Anne could be of none, was a very sore aggravation.
克莱夫人如此被重用，而安妮却一点也不受器重，这是对安妮的公然蔑视，怎能不叫人大为恼怒。
kè lái fū rén rú cǐ bèi zhòng yòng , ér ān nī què yì diǎn yě bù shòu qì zhòng , zhè shì duì ān nī de gōng rán miè shì , zěn néng bù jiào rén dà wèi nǎo nù 。
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8.
In this respect it was an affront to the state as much as to the carmaker, whose joint-venture partners are government-owned enterprises.
从这方面讲，这是对中国政府和本田两方面的叫板——本田的合资伙伴均为国有企业。
cóng zhè fāng miàn jiǎng , zhè shì duì zhōng guó zhèng fǔ hé běn tián liǎng fāng miàn de jiào bǎn — — běn tián de hé zī huǒ bàn jūn wéi guó yǒu qǐ yè 。
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9.
In Jackson it was counted an affront to the neighbors to start out for anywhere with an empty seat in the car.
在杰克逊镇，如果开车出门而车上剩有空座位，就被认为是对邻居的冒犯。
zài jié kè xùn zhèn , rú guǒ kāi chē chū mén ér chē shàng shèng yǒu kòng zuò wèi , jiù bèi rèn wéi shì duì lín jū de mào fàn 。
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10.
Her great white hat with its vulgar, showy flowers was an affront.
她的大白帽子印着庸俗刺目的花朵，本身就是一种挑衅。
tā de dà bái mào zi yìn zhe yōng sú cì mù de huā duǒ , běn shēn jiù shì yī zhǒng tiǎo xìn 。