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offensively

/uh-fen-siv or, for 4, 5, aw-fen-, of-en-/US // əˈfɛn sɪv or, for 4, 5, ˈɔ fɛn-, ˈɒf ɛn- //UK // (əˈfɛnsɪv) //

进攻性地,进攻性的,进攻性,进攻型

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
    • : unpleasant or disagreeable to the sense: an offensive odor.
    • : repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like; insulting: an offensive remark; an offensive joke.
    • : pertaining to offense or attack: the offensive movements of their troops.
    • : characterized by attack; aggressive: offensive warfare.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the position or attitude of aggression or attack: to take the offensive.
    • : an aggressive movement or attack: a carefully planned naval offensive.

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Examples

  • Not only that, but according to ESPN, Winston will not be part of any offensive packages unless needed because of injury.

  • The coach who called the play had been fired at his alma mater and restarted as a college offensive coordinator.

  • His capable, if streaky, three-point shooting should also make him a good offensive fit alongside lead guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum.

  • Backup NFL offensive linemen are generally asked to be well versed in more than one position.

  • Indianapolis plucked Reich from the Philadelphia Eagles just five days after Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels reneged on his agreement to take the Colts job.

  • It was defined by its offensively high price, pretentious waiting lists and limited edition variations.

  • Fowler elaborated that none of the offensively-sloganed shirts had ever sold.

  • There's no stopping you now as planet moves offensively block would-be distractions and detractors.

  • Jace Lacob on where the Fox musical-comedy has gone horribly, offensively wrong.

  • And few complain when offensively small briefs are worn by hot male models.

  • They were armed defensively with a shield, and offensively with a curved sword, and a flintlock musket slung at the saddle-bow.

  • It needed little to decide me, and I think K—'s arrival from Switzerland, offensively sunburnt, was the finishing touch.

  • He hesitated a moment, as if studying how to order his words so as to express least offensively an offensive truth.

  • Then the beautiful nature of Paterson loomed offensively, and his honest eyes insulted over me.

  • She seemed, I thought—in the utter blank depression which had seized me with the doctor's words—offensively calm.