affront
n. (當眾)侮辱,(故意)冒犯
vt. 公開侮辱; 冒犯; 面對; <古>相遇
If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
...an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov.
讓卡斯帕羅夫感到特別受辱的一件事
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...
如此維持一個人的生命是對人類尊嚴的冒犯。
She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
她將我的詢問當成了人身侮辱。
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.
在這酷熱的大氣,每一個多餘的手勢都是濫用生活的公有財富.
His speech was an affront to all the members of the community.
他的話對社羣所有成員是故意的冒犯.
When he was ploughed for his fina he looked upon it as a personnal affront.
最後考試不及格他把這視為自己的奇恥大辱.
She views me, a white male, as a personal affront.
她將我的白種男性身份視為對她個人的一種冒犯.
It's a personal affront to me and every member of our congress.
這對我和對我們會議的全體人員都是一種人身侮辱.