单词
offend
读音
əˈfend
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英式
词根
Offend这个单词来自于拉丁文词根“offendere”,意为“冒犯”。其他由这个词根衍生出来的单词有 offensive(冒犯的,攻击性的)、offense(冒犯,罪过)等。
释义
vt. 冒犯;使…不愉快 vi. 违反;进攻;引起不舒服 [ 第三人称单数 offends 现在分词 offending 过去式 offended 过去分词 offended ]
例句
A TV interviewer must be careful not to offend.
电视采访者必须小心别得罪人。
Neil did not mean to offend anybody with his joke.
尼尔开那个玩笑并非想冒犯谁。
I try to offend the least amount of people possible.
我尽可能少得罪人。
A TV interviewer must be careful not to offend.
电视采访者必须小心别得罪人。
Neil did not mean to offend anybody with his joke.
尼尔开那个玩笑并非想冒犯谁。
I try to offend the least amount of people possible.
我尽可能少得罪人。
强化记忆
你可以根据"offend"的发音,联想到“本来是朋友,不小心冒犯了”来记忆这个单词。因为这个单词的发音offend和“off 朋友”发音相近。“Offend”这个词源于拉丁词根"offendere", 初始意思是“冒犯”。 英语古代文籍中出现过这样的类似原网战的用法"he offenceþ God"意为“他得罪了上帝”。
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"But you can't offend the white people.Don't offend them."But these young people didn't care.
What if I say something but he didn't mean anything by it,and I offend him?'When he should have made a turn, he kept going straight.
and there's this apprehension that if I say anything,I'm afraid I'll offend,or I'm afraid I'll trigger something,
who come out of short sentences from prisonre-offend again within a year.Now how many previous offenses
Even though the lyrics are degrading to women --these lyrics offend me to my core --the classic Yin Yang Twins song "Salt Shaker" --
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