| 单词 | offense |
| 释义 | noun | noun offenseoffense1 /əˈfɛns/ ●●○ W3 noun 1[countable] an illegal action or a crime: The police stopped him for a traffic offense. Jones had committed two previous burglary offenses. Legislation was passed to make smoking in restaurants an offense. The man in custody has not yet been charged with an offense.offense against The military has committed numerous offenses against civilians. She may only get a warning since it’s her first offense (=her first illegal action). Robbery is considered a serious offense.2[uncountable] hurt or angry feelings: Briggs regrets that the book has caused offense (=offended someone). Censorship laws ban anything that might give offense (=offend someone). She took offense at (=became offended by) my remarks. Roger said he meant no offense to women (=had no intention of offending them).3no offense spoken used to tell someone that you do not want to offend him or her by what you are about to say: No offense, but could you put your shoes back on, please?COLLOCATIONSverbscommit an offense (=do something that is against the law) They are accused of committing the offense of piracy.charge somebody with an offense In that year, 367 people were charged with terrorist offenses.convict somebody of an offense (=say officially that they are guilty) The number of women convicted of serious offenses is fairly small.make something an offense (also make it an offense to do something) The law would make it an offense to gamble online.adjectives/nouns + offensea criminal offense It is a criminal offense to sell cigarettes to someone under the age of 18.a serious offense The prisoners have committed serious offenses such as murder or rape.a minor offense He was fined for a minor offense.a first offense Because it was her first offense, she was not sent to prison.a lesser offense (=one that is not as serious as another offense) The jury will have to decide whether he is guilty of murder or the lesser offense of manslaughter.a federal offense (=a serious offense against the national law of the U.S., rather than against a state’s law) The turtles are rare, and it is a federal offense to take them out of the country.a capital offense (=a crime for which death is the punishment) Drug smuggling is a capital offense in Thailand.a traffic/parking/driving offense Speeding is the most common traffic offense. noun | noun offenseoffense2 /ˈɔfɛns/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 1the part of a game such as football concerned with getting points, or the group of players who do this OPP defense: the best offense in the league The Lions need to be more aggressive on offense.2formal the act of attacking OPP defense: a weapon of offense |
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