affront

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n. 公开侮辱, 轻蔑 vt. 公开侮辱, 冒犯, 面对

发音

US /əˈfrənt/
AU /əˈfɹʌnt/
其它 /əˈfɹʊnt/

词形变化

affronts 复数 affronts affronted affrontest affronteth affronting affronts 三单 affronting 现在分词 affronted 过去式 affronted 过去分词

别名

affronte

教材释义与例句

名词

轻蔑；公开侮辱

动词

冒犯，有意冒犯；面对；公开侮辱

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

    Such behavior is an affront to society.

  2. 2.

    A hostile encounter or meeting.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To insult intentionally, especially openly.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To meet defiantly; to confront.

    及物

    to affront death

  3. 3.

    To meet or encounter face to face.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

insult

上位词 3

offense offence discourtesy

下位词 4

outrage indignity scandalisation scandalization
动词

同义词 2

insult diss

上位词 6

hurt wound spite offend bruise injure

词源

From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front).

来源：wiktionary