英语单词 | insult |
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英美音标 | [in'sʌlt] |
中文释义 | n.侮辱,凌辱 vt.侮辱,凌辱 |
vocab简明 | If you insult someone, you have offended that person — either intentionally or unintentionally — through your actions or words. You might insult your host if you refuse to try the dessert he made from pasta, nuts, and chocolate sauce. |
vocab扩展 | As a noun, an insult means rude words or actions. If you tell the umpire he needs glasses, then you've made a verbal insult. If, after the umpire calls your team out, you make an obscene gesture in his general direction, you've made another kind of insult. Either insult can potentially get you thrown out of the game. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | The verb is pronounced /ɪn'sʌlt/. The noun is pronounced /'ɪnsʌlt/. 动词读作 /ɪn'sʌlt/。名词读作 /'ɪnsʌlt/。 1 [VERB 动词]侮辱;辱骂 If someone insults you, they say or do something that is rude or offensive. [V n]
insulted
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]侮辱;凌辱;辱骂 An insult is a rude remark, or something a person says or does which insults you. [oft N
3 [PHRASE 短语]更为不公的是;更不可接受的是;更糟的是 You say to add insult to injury when mentioning an action or fact that makes an unfair or unacceptable situation even worse. [V inflects]
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来源 | 2014.1 |
Tags: 单词::2014
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