umbrage
n. 生气; (常指无故)不快; 树荫; 愤怒
If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.
不管谁批评他,他都心生愤懑。
1. a feeling of anger caused by being offended;
He's like you, forever taking umbrage about something.
他象你, 总会为了什么事生气.
The pope himself had taken great umbrage at the book.
教皇本人对这本书曾极为生气.
Everything gives umbrage to a tyrantny.
所有事情都使专制君主生气.
I invited her because I was afraid ofgiving umbrage.
我邀请了她,因为我怕得罪她.
She took umbrage at my remarks about her hair.
我对她头发的评论使她很不高兴.