Offend



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 冒犯, 使不快 ; 触犯
• ［英］ v. 冒犯, 使不快 ( cause displeasure to)

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French offendre, from Latin offendere to strike against, offend, from ob- against + -fendere to strike — more at ob-, defend
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to transgress the moral or divine law ; sin <if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive — Shakespeare>
    • b. to violate a law or rule ; do wrong <offend against the law>
  • 2.
    • a. to cause difficulty, discomfort, or injury <took off his shoe and removed the offending pebble>
    • b. to cause dislike, anger, or vexation <thoughtless words that offend needlessly>
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. violate, transgress
    • b. to cause pain to ; hurt
  • 2. obsolete to cause to sin or fall
  • 3. to cause to feel vexation or resentment usually by violation of what is proper or fitting <was offended by their language>
• ? offender noun
• Synonyms:
  • offend, outrage, affront, insult mean to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment. offend need not imply an intentional hurting but it may indicate merely a violation of the victim's sense of what is proper or fitting <hoped that my remarks had not offended her>. outrage implies offending beyond endurance and calling forth extreme feelings<outraged by their accusations>. affront implies treating with deliberate rudeness or contemptuous indifference to courtesy<deeply affronted by his callousness>. insult suggests deliberately causing humiliation, hurt pride, or shame<insulted every guest at the party>.

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