新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

affront

英  [əˈfrʌnt]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • affronts

    1[C 可数名词] 侮辱

    If something is an affront to you, it is an obvious insult to you.

    近义词

    insult

    双语例句

    例:

    It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.

    让一个人如此活着是对人类尊严的一种侮辱。

    VERB. 动词
  • affronts , affronting , affronted

    1[T 及物动词] 侮辱

    If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    One recent example, which particularly affronted Kasparov, was at the European team championship in Hungary.

    近期的一个尤其使卡斯帕罗夫受辱的例子是在匈牙利的欧洲团体锦标赛上。