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affront
常考释义
vt. 冒犯
an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov
让卡斯帕罗夫感到特别受冒犯的事件
They were affronted by this lack of courtesy from people they had always regarded as friends.
一向被视为朋友的人们对他们如此无礼，他们觉得很受冒犯。
n. 故意侮辱；有意冒犯
She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
她把我的询问当成了人身侮辱。
He is incapable of letting the slightest affront to his pride go unrevenged.
就连对他自尊心的极轻微冒犯，他都不能不加以报复。
Mr. Annan called poverty an affront to human dignity and human rights.
安南先生把贫困称作对人类尊严和权利的侵犯。
vt. 公然挑战；公然蔑视<废>
vt. （尤指公然地）侮辱
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