| 词汇 | umbrage |
| 释义 | umbrage noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈʌm.brɪdʒ/ us /ˈʌm.brɪdʒ/ take umbrage to feel upset or annoyed, usually because you feel that someone has been rude or shown no respect to you: （通常因觉得受到无礼对待或未被尊重而）生气，恼怒 Will she take umbrage if she isn't invited to the wedding?如果不请她出席婚礼，她会见怪吗？ Synonym offence Becoming angry and expressing anger (almost) burst a blood vesselidiom ape ballistic bananas bay for bloodidiom blow chip fulminating fume get bent out of shapeidiom get your knickers in a twistidiom give someone evilsidiom roof sharp splenetic splenetically stew strop temper throw Examples of umbrageumbrage Similarly, the fact that umbrage occurs as the object of the verb take can be specified in its lexical entry. What of believers of all stripes who quietly take umbrage to, and courteously protest, the expressions of disdain for their faith that they encounter when among antireligious company? I am sorry that he took such umbrage at our raising this issue and cast aspersions on our purpose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a chief constable takes umbrage at a man and fines him, there is often no promotion for him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say that in no sense of complaint or umbrage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to deal with this at the outset, without any umbrage at all, but just to make my own position quite clear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Great umbrage was taken at that hypothetical threat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Suppose that the committee or the officials of the society to which this man belongs take umbrage at his criticisms? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He went through the performance of taking umbrage at expressions such as "tip"and"bribe" in describing this half a million pounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would not the shopkeepers take umbrage at that suggestion? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will not those people perhaps take umbrage that they have been overlooked? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will withdraw any statement which has caused you umbrage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That will lead to a lot of umbrage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I take umbrage on his behalf at that particular remark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That could be done within the framework of the present administration and without causing umbrage to anyone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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