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offended

/uh-fend/US // əˈfɛnd //UK // (əˈfɛnd) //

被冒犯的,冒犯了,冒犯的,得罪了

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
    • : to affect disagreeably.
    • : to violate or transgress.
    • : to hurt or cause pain to.
    • : to cause to fall into sinful ways.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause resentful displeasure; irritate, annoy, or anger: a remark so thoughtless it can only offend.
    • : to err in conduct; commit a sin, crime, or fault.

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Examples

  • The National Gallery of Art postponed the exhibition for fear that museumgoers might be offended, and then the pandemic forced the gallery to close anyway.

  • What offends me the most is that my fiancee has a tendency to negotiate after she apologizes.

  • To have accuracy calculated in the absence of my lived experience not only offends me, but also puts me in real danger.

  • However, OSC gives any offending agency — in this case, UASGM — 60 days to conduct its own probe and respond to the complaints.

  • The politician sent the offending tweet featuring lyrics from the 2002 smash directly to Lil Jon.

  • “I think that all Slovaks should feel offended,” said MP Tomas Galbavy, who served on the parliamentary culture committee.

  • I did so, and he explained that he did not mean to be inappropriate and he was sorry if I was offended.

  • “It offended doctors and even some people in the government,” he says.

  • No doubt, the Italians would have been offended if he had chosen to marry anywhere else.

  • She was very offended that we hired him to do what she saw as her dream job.

  • “This is satisfactory,” said Wardle, hardly knowing whether to smile or be offended.

  • When in the car if you find the exertion of talking painful, say so frankly; your escort cannot be offended.

  • All these persons shall be sacri: they have offended against the gods and the gods will see to their punishment.

  • He has a right to be offended, if, after telling him what you wish for, he returns to find you already supplied.

  • "I thought perhaps you would have liked it named after your brother," she said, very much offended on the baby's account.