中英词典查询

affront [əˈfrʌnt]

n. （当众）侮辱，（故意）冒犯;
vt. 公开侮辱; 冒犯; 面对; 相遇;
复数：: affronts 过去式：: affronted 过去分词：: affronted 现在分词：: affronting 第三人称单数：: affronts
[同义词] 侮辱;冒犯: provocation open offense insult an

例句:

  • 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。
    来自柯林斯例句
  • She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
    她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。
  • He took his son's desertion as a personal affront.
    他把儿子的离开看作是对他个人的侮辱.
  • But "empty eloquence" can also be an affront.
    来自WSJ
  • It's a personal affront to me, he said.
    来自VOA
  • The banner protested an affront to the millennium-old Mapuche culture.
    来自NEWYORKER