| 词汇 | affronting |
| 释义 | affronting present 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 affrontingaffronting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Do we really want to do that by affronting one of the distinguished members of the international pharmaceutical community? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For a lady to see what is now known as a flasher is offensive, upsetting and affronting and no one would suggest otherwise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not now a question of affronting old enmities but of encouraging new friendships. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We at any moment now shall be affronting the question of selectivity in the social services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not an industrial dispute; it is not a question of affronting trade unions by once again confronting them with legal situations that they do not like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While composers created pieces affronting the war, they were not limited to their music. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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