affront

音标发音

• 英式音标 [əˈfrʌnt]
• 美式音标 [əˈfrʌnt]
• 国际音标 [ə'frʌnt]
• 英式发音
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基本解释

• n. （当众）侮辱，（故意）冒犯；
• v. 冒犯，侮辱；面对；相遇

词根记忆

• af + front(前面，脸面)→冲着别人的脸→冒犯
• af(看作ad，向…) + front(面部)→冲着某人面部叫骂→公开侮辱

同根派生

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英汉例句

• She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
  她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。
• He took his son's desertion as a personal affront.
  他把儿子的离开看作是对他个人的侮辱.
• Leaving during his speech was an affront to the speaker.
  当讲话的人正在讲话时离去,是对他的一种不尊敬.
• It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.
  如此维持一个人的生命是对人类尊严的冒犯。
• She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
  她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。

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词组短语

短语

• affront wire 行李索
• affront insult 侮辱轻蔑
• affront detail 泰然面对
• affront t 侮辱;公开侮辱
• Affront Death 临死不惧

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a remark or action intended to insult or offend someone
• to insult or offend someone

柯林斯英英字典

• If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
• If something is an affront to you, it is an obvious insult to you.

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专业释义

经济学

• 侮辱