affront
n. (当众)侮辱,(故意)冒犯
vt. 公开侮辱; 冒犯; 面对; <古>相遇
If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
...an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov.
让卡斯帕罗夫感到特别受辱的一件事
If something is an affront to you, it is an obvious insult to you.
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。
1. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront;
1. treat, mention, or speak to rudely;
In this heat every extra gesture was an affront to the common store of life.
在这酷热的大气,每一个多余的手势都是滥用生活的公有财富.
His speech was an affront to all the members of the community.
他的话对社区所有成员是故意的冒犯.
When he was ploughed for his fina he looked upon it as a personnal affront.
最后考试不及格他把这视为自己的奇耻大辱.
She views me, a white male, as a personal affront.
她将我的白种男性身份视为对她个人的一种冒犯.
It's a personal affront to me and every member of our congress.
这对我和对我们会议的全体人员都是一种人身侮辱.