英语词汇“offensive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	offensive
释义	adjective \| noun offensiveoffensive1 /əˈfɛnsɪv/ ●○○ adjective Collocations COLLOCATIONS► deeply offensive to me Your behavior was deeply offensive to me (=very offensive). Thesaurus THESAURUSspeaking or behaving in a way that is not polite and is likely to offend or annoy people► rude speaking or behaving in a way that is not polite and is likely to offend or annoy people: He’s one of the rudest people I’ve ever met. I don’t mean to be rude, but I have to get going. ► impolite formal not polite: Chewing with your mouth open is impolite. ► insulting saying or doing something that insults someone: He made some very insulting comments about her intelligence. ► tactless carelessly saying or doing things that are likely to upset someone: It was tactless to ask her if she’d gained weight. ► offensive likely to upset or offend people: His remarks are offensive to African Americans. ► obnoxious behaving very badly and very rudely toward other people: One drunk and obnoxious customer was making rude comments about the waitresses. ► disrespectful not showing respect for someone or something, when you should: The players should not be disrespectful to the coach. ► insolent formal deliberately rude, especially to someone in authority: Instead of answering the question, she gave him an insolent stare. ► impertinent/impudent formal impolite and not respectful, especially to someone who is older or more important: It was impudent of her to try to tell the teacher how to teach. 1very impolite or insulting, and likely to make people angry and upset OPP inoffensive: Some viewers found the show offensive.offensive to The jokes are likely to be offensive to women. Your behavior was deeply offensive to me (=very offensive).► see thesaurus at rude2formal unpleasant in every way SYN disgusting: an offensive smell3[only before noun] related to the aim of getting points and winning a game, as opposed to stopping the other team from getting points OPP defensive: the offensive player of the year the Jets’s offensive strategy4[only before noun] for attacking OPP defensive: offensive weapons Government troops took up offensive positions.—offensively adverb: The weapons will not be used offensively. Rick’s jokes were offensively sexist.—offensiveness noun [uncountable] adjective \| noun offensiveoffensive2 noun [countable] Collocations COLLOCATIONS► a military/ground/air etc. offensive The land offensive began again the next day. ► launch/mount an offensive (=start one) 1a planned military attack involving large forces over a long period: offensive on/against an offensive against rebels in the northa military/ground/air etc. offensive The land offensive began again the next day.launch/mount an offensive (=start one)2be on the offensive to be ready to attack or criticize people3take the offensive (also go on the offensive) to be the first to make an attack or strong criticism: He decided to go on the offensive before she could ask another question.4sales/PR/diplomatic offensive a planned set of actions intended to influence a lot of people
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