單詞釋義
英 [əˈfend] 美 [əˈfend]
v. 得罪,冒犯;令人不悅,令人不舒服;<正式> 犯罪,違法;<正式> 違犯,違反
單詞用法
柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典
offend /əˈfɛnd/ CET4 TEM4 ( offending, offended, offends )
1.V-T/V-I If you offend someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them. 冒犯; 使人不安
2.offended ADJ 被冒犯了的 [v-link ADJ]
3.V-I If someone offends, they commit a crime. 犯罪 [正式] [no cont]
短語搭配
Offend people 得罪人
offend against
違犯 ; 冒犯 ; 犯罪
offend against the law
違法 ; 動賓
offend spread 端點放炮排列
offend d 冒犯 ; 使惱火 ; 違犯 ; 得罪
to offend
衝撞 ; 惹人 ; 惹惱 ; 冒犯
offend the British 冒犯英國人
offend you 冒犯
雙語例句
A TV interviewer must be careful not to offend. 電視採訪者必須小心別得罪人。
Neil did not mean to offend anybody with his joke. 尼爾開那個玩笑並非想冒犯誰。
I try to offend the least amount of people possible. 我儘可能少得罪人。
Perhaps, unconsciously, I've done something to offend her. 我也許無意中做了什麼得罪她的事。
I wouldn't sunbathe topless if I thought I might offend anyone. 如果我知道可能冒犯任何人,我就不會袒胸沐日光浴。
The Prince said, "Offend me not with thy sordid matters." 王子說:“不要用你那些骯髒的事情來冒犯我。”
The doctor did nothing to interfere, unwilling to offend the old man. 醫生沒有採取任何干預措施,不願去冒犯老人。
He managed to offend the smeller without making him change his stinky habits. 他成功冒犯了那個有體臭的人,卻沒有讓他改掉臭氣熏天的習慣。
Craving pardon if I do offend, seemeth it not strange that madness could so change his port and manner? 如果我有冒犯,希望你能原諒,瘋癲會改變他的舉止行為,這難道不奇怪嗎?
It is a sacrilege to offend democracy. 這是一種對民主的褻瀆。
In the great effort not to offend, we end up saying nothing. 為了儘量不冒犯人,我們最終什麼也沒說。
In Western countries girls are far less likely to offend than boys. 在西方國家,女孩們遠不像男孩們那樣容易犯罪。
The couple couldn't help asking the old woman: "Sorry if we offend you." 夫婦倆忍不住詢問老太太:“如果我們冒犯了你,對不起。”
The kind lady refused my offer of help, but I know that she didn't mean to offend me. 那位好心的女士拒絕了我提出的幫助,但我知道她不是有意冒犯我。
For them, these miserable couples offend the very idea of marriage. 對於他們而言,這些可憐的夫婦違背了婚姻的真諦。
Though we have freedom of speech, we still can't offend others by our remarks. 雖然我們有言論自由,但是我們仍然不能用言論傷人。
His changes of manner did not offend me, because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them. 他態度的變化並沒有使我生氣,因為我明白不是我導致了他態度上的改變。
Alice did not wish to offend the Dormouse again, so she began very cautiously, "But I don't understand." 愛麗絲不想再惹睡鼠生氣,於是開始小心翼翼地說:“可是我不懂。”
There will be television chat shows hosted by robots, and cars with pollution monitors that will disable them when they offend. 屆時,將出現由機器人主持的電視談話節目以及裝有污染監控器的汽車,一旦這些汽車排污超標(違規),監控器就會使其停駛。
Machines such as these take researchers into the field of socialised robotics: how to make robots act in a way that does not scare or offend individuals. 諸如此類的機器促使研究人員步入了機器人社會化的領域:即,如何讓機器人以一種既不會嚇到或冒犯到別人的方式行動。
While it may sound safe to avoid all physical contact so as not to offend anyone, the lack of touching might imply cold attitudes or indifference in interpersonal relationships. 雖然避免一切身體接觸以免冒犯任何人聽起來很穩妥,但缺乏接觸可能意味著人際關係中的冷淡態度或漠不關心。
Contemporary portraits of the barely-clad female form offend the eye of Mr. Rajapaksa’s po-faced regime. 那些幾乎沒穿衣服的當代女性畫像藝術冒犯了拉賈帕克薩的一本正經的體制。
I cannot afford to offend him. 我惹不起他。
He is very formidable; How could anybody be so brave as to offend him? 他可厲害了,誰惹得起他呀!
Does my haughtiness offend you? 我的傲慢是不是將你冒犯?
What did you do to offend God? 你到底做了什麼冒犯上帝的事了?
Did his comments offend you? 他的話有觸犯到你嗎?
I didn't mean to offend you. 我不是故意冒犯你。