offence

英 [ə'fens] 美 [ə'fens]

• n. 犯罪；过错；攻击，冒犯；令人讨厌的事物

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]犯规,违法行为,罪行

   breaking of a rule or law; illegal act; crime

2. [U]冒犯

   act or cause of upsetting or annoying sb; insult

英英释义

Noun:

1. the action of attacking an enemy

2. the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

3. a feeling of anger caused by being offended;

   "he took offence at my question"
   

4. a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others

5. (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act;

   "a long record of crimes"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He was not aware that he had committed an offence.
   他没有意识到自己犯罪了。
2. In the eyes of law, it is an offence.
   在法律上,这是犯罪。
3. They were arrested for drug offences.
   他们因贩卖毒品罪而被逮捕。
4. Such an offence will lead to a summary fine.
   这类过错要当场予以罚款。
5. A fine for this offence is automatic.
   对于这种过失,罚款是必然的。
6. The best defence is offence.
   先下手为强/以攻为守。
7. Whether a gun is a weapon of offence or a weapon of defense depends on which end of it you are at.
   枪是攻击武器还是防御武器，要看你的目的而定。
8. The new shopping centre is an offence to the eye.
   新购物中心很不顺眼。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Because it was his first offence, the punishment wasn't too severe.
   由于他是初犯,惩罚较轻。
2. She felt she had committed an offence against the rights of others.
   她觉得自己侵犯了他人的权利。
3. It is an offence against the rules of grammar.
   这违反语法的规则。
4. I am cautious of giving offence.
   我谨防得罪人。
5. I am sorry,I intended no offence when I said that.
   对不起,我说那事并无恶意。
6. I am sure he didn't mean to cause offence to you.
   我肯定他并非有意要得罪你。
7. The new shopping centre is an offence to the eye.
   新购物中心很不顺眼。

经典引文

• The over-dressed man..is an offence.

  出自： A. G. Gardiner

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

no offence to

不要见怪 used to explain that one does not intend to upset or annoy sb

take offence (at)

觉得受到某事物的伤害、烦恼或招惹 feel hurt, upset and offended by sth

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• condone an ～ 不咎罪过
• expiate an ～ 赎罪
• forgive an ～ 宽恕过错
• give ～ to sb 得罪某人
• overlook sb's ～ 宽容某人的过错
• repeat an ～ 再次犯错

形容词+～

• first ～ 初犯
• grave ～ 严重的犯罪
• heinous ～ 滔天大罪
• indictable ～ 可起诉的犯罪
• minor ～ 轻罪
• petty ～ 轻罪
• weighty ～ 重罪

介词+～

• weapons of ～ 进攻性武器

～+介词

• ～ against decency 无礼
• ～ against good manner 没规矩
• ～ against the law 违法
• ～ to the ear 刺耳的声音
• ～ to the eye 刺眼的东西

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. offence意为“犯法,过错”,使用范围比较广,可指触犯国法,也可指违反规章制度和任何失礼的言行。这个词的英式英语拼法是offence,美式英语拼法是offense。
2. 表示“违犯…,犯…罪”时, offence与 against 连用。
3. offence还可表示“使人不悦的事物”。

词义辨析

crime，sin，guilt，offence，violation

• 这些名词均含有“犯法，犯罪，罪恶”之意。
• crime指严重的违法行为或罪行。
• sin主要指违反道德原则或违反宗教戒律的过失或罪过行为。
• guilt多用于指违反道德或社会标准的不法行为，含应予惩办之意。这种惩办是以证据为根据的。
• offence使用广，可泛指对任何规则、道德标准、法律、纪律等的违反与触犯，其罪行可重可轻。
• violation指违背誓言、条约、规则以及良心等，也指侵犯权利。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的ofense，意为侮辱；最初源自拉丁语的offensa，意为冒犯。

近反义词

【近义词】

• affront
• anger
• annoyance
• crime
• delict
• displeasure
• fault
• harm
• hurt
• injury
• injustice
• misdeed
• sin
• slight
• violation
• wrong

【反义词】

• benefaction
• delight
• good
• deed
• pleasure