[VERB 动词]冒犯;得罪;触怒 If you offend someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
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He apologizes for his comments and says he had no intention of offending the community...
他为自己发表的评论道歉并称无意冒犯该社群。
The survey found almost 90 percent of people were offended by strong swearwords...
这项调查发现几乎90%的人都会为不堪入耳的脏话所触怒。
Television censors are cutting out scenes which they claim may offend.
电视节目审查官正在剪掉他们称有可能会令人反感的一些镜头。
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She is terribly offended, angered and hurt by this.
她认为这是对她的严重冒犯,感到非常愤怒和深受伤害。
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[VERB 动词]违反,违犯,违背(法律、规定、原则等) To offend against a law, rule, or principle means to break it.
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This bill offends against good sense and against justice...
该法案有悖于理智和公正。
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。
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[VERB 动词]犯罪;犯法 If someone offends, they commit a crime.
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In Western countries girls are far less likely to offend than boys.
在西方国家,女孩的犯罪倾向远低于男孩。
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of·fend★/əˈfend; NAmEəˈfend/verb1★[transitive , often passive, intransitive ]offend(sb) to make sb feel upset because of sth you say or do that is rude or embarrassing 得罪;冒犯◆They'll be offended if you don't go to their wedding.你若不参加他们的婚礼,他们会生气的。◆Neil did not mean to offend anybody with his joke .尼尔开那个玩笑并非想冒犯谁。◆A TV interviewer must be careful not to offend.电视采访者必须小心别得罪人。2[transitive ]offendsb/sth to seem unpleasant to sb 令人不适◆The smell from the farm offended some people.农场散发的气味让一些人闻了不舒服。◆an ugly building that offends the eye一座丑陋碍眼的建筑物3[intransitive ]( formal) to commit a crime or crimes 犯罪;犯法◆He started offending at the age of 16.他 16 岁就开始犯法。4[intransitive ]offend(against sb/sth) ( formal) to be against what people believe is morally right 违背(人情);违反(常理);有悖于◆comments that offend against people's religious beliefs有悖人们宗教信仰的评论▶of·fend·ed/; NAmE/adjective◆Alice looked rather offended.艾丽斯显得愤愤不已。offendoffendsoffendedoffendingof·fend/əˈfend; NAmEəˈfend/of·fend·ed/; NAmE/
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offendof‧fend /əˈfend/ ●●○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to make someone angry or upset by doing or saying something that they think is rude, unkind etc: His remarks deeply offended many Scottish people.be offended by/at something Liddy was offended by such a personal question. The careful language is designed not to offend.2[transitive] to seem bad or unacceptable to someone: A solution must be found that doesn’t offend too many people. Some of these new buildings really offend the eye (=look very ugly).3[intransitive] formal to commit a crime or crimes: Many of the young men here are likely to offend again.4[intransitive, transitive] formal to be against people’s feelings of what is morally acceptableoffend against Broadcasters have a responsibility not to offend against good taste and decency.
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