offend

英 [ə'fend] 美 [ə'fend]

• vt. 冒犯；犯罪
• vi. 违反；令人不适

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 违犯; 违反

   violate; do wrong

2. vt. 使发怒

   cause (sb) to annoy

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 违反
2. 触怒
3. 激怒
4. 侮辱
5. 伤害（…的感情）
6. 犯罪
7. 得罪（人）
8. 惹恼
9. 惹…生气
10. 刺痛
11. 不受用
12. 犯过错
13. 引起不舒服
14. 使反感令人不适
15. 违背（人情）
16. 违反（常理）
17. 有悖于
18. 犯规
19. 触犯
20. 犯法
21. 冒犯
22. 引起愤怒
23. 忤意
24. 违犯
25. 使厌倦
26. 使不舒服
27. 使不快
28. 使不悦
29. 使堕入有罪的行径中

英英释义

Verb:

1. cause to feel resentment or indignation;

   "Her tactless remark offended me"
   

2. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;

   "offend all laws of humanity"
   "violate the basic laws or human civilization"
   "break a law"
   "break a promise"
   

3. strike with disgust or revulsion;

   "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
   

4. hurt the feelings of;

   "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"
   "This remark really bruised my ego"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. I didn't mean to offend you.
   我不是故意冒犯你。
2. We were careful not to offend his nibs.
   我们小心翼翼不敢冒犯这位要人。
3. You would be wise enough not to offend him.
   你最好是不去冒犯他。
4. He did not offend against the law .
   他没犯法。
5. Some criminals are likely to offend again when they are released.
   有些罪犯被释放后有可能重新犯罪。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. We mustn't offend against their customs.
   我们不能违反他们的风俗。
2. This would offend against the principle of fairness.
   那会违反公正的原则。
3. Don't offend against the rules of operating the machine.
   不要违反机器的操作规程。
4. Bad manners may offend.
   不礼貌可能触犯他人。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Certain criminals are more likely to offend again when they're released.
   有些罪犯一经释放,非常有可能再次犯法。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I think I never offend you.
   我想我从没有触犯过你。
2. She always offends him.
   她经常惹他生气。
3. Have I done anything to offend you?
   我是否做了什么冒犯你的事?
4. They took their care never to offend their visitors.
   他们小心谨慎,决不使他们的来访者受到感情上的伤害。
5. That is an ugly building that offended the eye.
   那是座刺眼的难看建筑物。
6. That sound offends my ear.
   那声音刺我的耳朵。
7. That offended my sense of justice.
   那使我的正义感受到伤害。
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8. Some people are easily offended.
   有些人动不动就生气。

经典引文

• If I offend..the community will punish me with ostracism.

  出自： A. S. Neill

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

offend against (v.+prep.)

反对; 违反 act in opposition to law, custom, etc.
offend against sth
Why does he go on offending against the rules of the club?

为什么他一再反对俱乐部的制度呢?
His English offends against the rules of grammar.

他的英语不符合语法规则。
The driver offended against the traffic regulations.

这个司机违反了交通规则。
If you offend against the law, you'll be punished.

如果你触犯法律,就要受到法律制裁。
It offends against my principles to tell a lie, even for my own advantage.

说谎违反我做人的原则,即便是为我自己。
Their behaviours offended against the local customs.

他们的行为违犯了本地风俗。

offend at (v.+prep.)

因…而生气; 因…发怒 be angry at (sth)
offend sb at sth/v-ing
They were offended at these remarks.

他们被这些话激怒了。
He was offended at my long silence.

他对我长时间的沉默感到生气。
He will be offended at your mentioning her here.

在那里,你一提到她,他会很不高兴的。

offend by (v.+prep.)

被…激怒 be angered by (sb/sth)
offend sb by sb/sth
She was offended by her husband.

她生她丈夫的气。
I am deeply offended by her conduct.

她的行为深深地刺痛了我的心。

offend with (v.+prep.)

对…恼怒; 对…不满意 be annoyed by (sb/sth)
offend sb with sth
He offended her with his rudeness.

他的粗鲁使她心里很不痛快。
Many readers were offended with her latest book.

许多读者对她的近作很不满意。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• offend deeply〔gravely,greatly〕 大大地冒犯
• offend easily 很容易生气
• offend intentionally 故意违反
• offend mortally 极大地冒犯
• offend personally 个人违反
• offend repeatedly 反复地违反
• offend socially 公开违反
• offend unintentionally 无心冒犯
• offend unwillingly 不情愿地违犯

～+介词

• offend against 违反
• offend against the customs 违反习俗
• offend against the law 犯法
• offend at 因…而生气; 因…发怒
• be offended by 被…激怒
• offend with sb 对…恼怒〔不满意〕

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. offend的基本意思是指通过伤害其感情或违反其观念等手段而使他人发怒。引申还可指违反或违犯规则、制度、法律等。
2. offend作“使发怒”解时是及物动词,其宾语可以是人,也可以是物。
3. offend作“违反”解时是不及物动词,常与介词against连用。
4. offend还常用于 be ～ed 结构,后接at表示“因…而生气”,接by表示“被…激怒”,接with表示“对…恼怒,对…不满意”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

offend, affront, insult, outrage

• 这组词都可表示“得罪或激怒”某人。它们的区别是:offend指一般地伤害别人的感情,使其不快或不悦,意思较弱; outrage强调因暴行或严重伤害别人的自尊心、荣誉感等而引起的愤恨或义愤; affront专指在公共场合有意侮辱或藐视别人,使其怀恨在心; insult指以无礼或傲慢的态度凌辱别人,从而使其感到羞辱。

offend, hurt

• 这组词都有“伤害他人的感情”的意思。它们的区别是:前者多接人作宾语,而后者多接感情(one's feeling)等作宾语。

offend，insult

• 这两个动词均含“得罪或激怒某人”之意。
• offend普通用词，指一般地伤害他人感情，使其不愉快。
• insult语气强，指肆无忌惮地侮辱，使其难堪或羞愧。

近反义词

【近义词】

• insult 侮辱
• affront 侮辱
• transgress 违背
• pain 痛苦
• upset 心烦的
• displease 使不高兴
• hurt 损害
• sicken 患病
• wound 创伤
• rub the wrong way 触犯某人
• grieve 使伤心
• break the law 违法
• commit an offence 犯罪
• disgust 厌恶
• horrify 使恐惧
• spite 恶意
• humiliate 使 ... 蒙羞
• revolt 叛乱
• repel 排斥
• aggress 攻击
• outrage 暴行
• shock 震惊
• pique 生气
• injure 伤害
• appall 使 ... 胆寒
• scandalize 令人愤慨
• break 打碎
• bruise 瘀青
• breach 破坏
• go against 违反
• infract 犯
• scandalise 使(某人)愤慨...
• appal 使 ... 惊骇
• violate 侵犯

【反义词】

• defend 防守
• appease 安抚