| 单词 | offense |
| 释义 | of·fense or of·fence 1. a. obsolete < for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel — Isa 8:14 (Authorized Version) > b. archaic < woe unto the world because of offenses — Mt 18:7 (Authorized Version) > 2. obsolete 3. archaic 4. < offense to the public conscience > < such chord successions are an offense to the ear > 5. a. < weapons of offense > b. c. d. 6. a. < no offense intended and none taken, I hope > < his words have given great offense at court > b. < likely to take offense at the least word of criticism > 7. a. < tolerant of his youthful offenses > b. < nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy — U.S. Constitution > sometimes < a record of petty offenses > Synonyms: < some demon of contradiction impelled her to find a point of offense everywhere — Ellen Glasgow > < could say things that from anyone else would sound outrageous, but he phrased them so amusingly, and was so lacking in malice, that he never gave offense — V.G.Heiser > < this tiny breath of genuine criticism had given deep offense — E.M.Forster > resentment may apply to a feeling longer lasting, deeper, and marked by more indignation and smoldering ill will than offense < actuated in great measure by resentment at not having received leave of absence to visit his dying wife, he made very serious charges against the personal character of his commandant — Edward Breck > < requited their hospitality by robbing them of much of their supplies. So fierce was their resentment that Hudson was forced to put from shore — American Guide Series: Maine > umbrage, chiefly in the phrase to take umbrage, may suggest blended hurt pride, jealousy, suspicion of another's motives, and ill will < a man took umbrage at being called a certain kind of fool — W.F.Hambly > < although the rector was not inclined to take umbrage at the treatment they had received, he showed … that he was quite aware that it was not what might have been considered due to them — Archibald Marshall > pique applies to the roiled displeasure of one taking offense or irritation at a petty cause that wounds vanity or shakes composure < a ridiculous sense of pique at being left out, like a child shut out from a room in which a vitally interesting game is being played — H.G.Wells > < fits of jealous pique when one or the other rated special questioning — Newsweek > dudgeon, usually used with in, suggests an irate fit of indignation < this offended Mr. Barrow, who retired in dudgeon to the remotest part of the field — Dorothy Sayers > < sometimes the employer, flanked by his lawyer, will in a dudgeon refuse to sit in the same room with the union representatives — Dorothy Bromley > huff, also usually used with in, suggests a peevish or petulant fit of anger, often short-lived, at some petty cause < at the first hint that we were tired of waiting and that we should like the show to begin, he was off in a huff — Henry James †1916 > < read the letter, flew into a rage, and left the country in a huff — Virginia Woolf > |
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