单词 | affront |
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音标 | 英[əˈfrʌnt] 美[əˈfrʌnt] |
解释 | n.(当众)侮辱,(故意)冒犯;vt.公开侮辱;冒犯;面对;<古>相遇; |
例句 | VERB 侮辱;冒犯 If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it. 例:...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 an affront to you, it is an obvious insult to you. 例: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。 例:She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。 |
变形 | third:affronts~done:affronted~pl:affronts~ing:affronting~past:affronted~ |
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