affront
affront 英 [əˈfrʌnt] 美 [əˈfrʌnt]
vt. 冒犯，有意冒犯；面对；公开侮辱 n. 轻蔑；公开侮辱
进行时:affronting 过去式:affronted 过去分词:affronted 第三人称单数:affronts 名词复数:affronts
- An affront is an action that causes offense. If someone blows smoke in your face after you've asked him to put out his cigarette, you would consider it an affront.
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- vt. 冒犯，有意冒犯；面对；公开侮辱
- n. 轻蔑；公开侮辱
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1. Back then woods had been communal, NO TRESPASSING signs an affront, but after his great-aunt's death, neighbors soon found places other than the gorge to hunt and fish, gather blackberries and galax.
过去树林是集体的，“禁闯私人领地”标志会被认为是一种冒犯。 但是，在伯祖母死后，邻居们很快找到了别的地方去打猎、钓鱼、采黑莓和加莱克斯草。
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2. How do you affront your failure?
你怎样面对失败？
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3. This will result in a waste of resources and could even affront the very individuals we are working to support.
这将带来资源的浪费，甚至可能会冒犯我们正努力援助的那些人。
- affront (n.) 1590s, "an openly offensive word or deed," from affront (v.) or from French affront (n.), from the verb in French.
- affront (v.) early 14c., "offend by open disrespect," a figurative use, from Old French afronter "to face, confront; to slap in the face" (13c., Modern French affronter), from Late Latin affrontare "to strike against," from Latin ad frontem "to the face," from ad "to" (see ad-) + frons (genitive frontis) "forehead, front" (see front (n.)). Related: Affronted; affronting.
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