| 词汇 | affronted |
| 释义 | affronted past simple and past participle ofaffront affront verb[ Tusually passive ] formaluk /əˈfrʌnt/ us /əˈfrʌnt/ to insult or offend someone: 侮辱;冒犯 I was most affronted by his comments.他的话是对我的极端侮辱。 an affronted look/glance受到冒犯的神情／透出受了侮辱之意的一瞥 Synonyms dissUSslang insult Insults & abuse abusive abusively backhanded compliment brickbat catcall catcaller catcalling contumely dis mouth mouth off (to/at someone) name neg negging point-scoring revile slap sledging slight verbal abuse Examples of affrontedaffronted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. His decision affronted conventional logic, and bequeathed a controversy to be pondered in perpetuity. Affronted by the king's inaction, the four shipmasters elected to bombard the town, but this proved counter-productive. They provided no more than mediocre social care and medical treatment, and generally affronted the residents' individuality, privacy and dignity. To have done so would have affronted their descendants-one point of preserving and replicating historical memory was to assert a relationship with previous generations of leaders. We should not be too eager to dismiss the affronted language of churchwardens as formulaic rhetoric that was cynically deployed in an attempt to humiliate unpopular and anti-social neighbours. Seemingly affronted by these restrictions, the entrepreneurial chef had, in any case, spotted an alternative opportunity to use his skill and fame to capitalize on the event. On this view, the intrinsic character of offense differs from harm in that it need involve no damage apart from the affronted mental state that is caused to the victim. Psychological harm is something that does exist, and on occasion it may be caused by offensive conduct,50 but it consists of more than the state of being affronted. Prince feels affronted by gifts. People are affronted by advice to concrete over their gardens or instructions to turn off their hoses, because it has the stench of hypocrisy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My constituent is affronted that her fiance's birth certificate should be disbelieved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were quite affronted at the idea that they would make a false declaration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They also expressed the view of their constituents that people were affronted that such a thing should be permitted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have been affronted by the number of times they have been stopped by the police at road blocks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The police are there precisely to discover whether an allegation made by a damaged or affronted person is correctly made against a specific person. 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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