单词 | offensively |
释义 | offensiveoffensive1 /əˈfɛnsɪv/ ●○○ adjective 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] |
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